Your generosity is working to increase educational access for girls in Sierra Leone!

Haja is fifteen years old and is in sixth grade at her local primary school in Freetown. Her family lives in a small two bedroom apartment with no running water. Haja’s father is a tailor and the main provider for the household, though his monthly income is not enough to cover the basic needs of the family. Haja’s mother is a housewife and helps take care of Haja’s two sisters and one brother.

Haja is a driven student who loves to study math. She hopes that her schooling will help her become a nurse when she grows up.

Marian Lebbie is five years of age. She very grateful for the provision of Vitamin supplements – that will help nourish her growing body.

She attends the Vicrays community primary school and she is in class one. Her father is a carpenter and a co-provider of the home with monthly income of $30 – not enough to cover the basic family needs. The mother is a petty trader that sells Foo- Foo (local food) and also a co-provider of the home with monthly income of $30. They live in an unfinished building with no running water and electricity.

Marian wants to be a doctor when she grows. She uses a kerosene lamp to study at night. She and her sister sleep on a mat spread on a bare floor.

Marian, Isatu, Mahmud, Alpha and Abdul are beneficiaries of five bed nets and they express their sincere thanks and appreciation.  Marian is a pupil of the Vickrays Community Primary School. She is in class two.  Isatu is a pupil of the United Mission Community Primary School. She is in class three.  Mahmud is a pupil of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Primary School. He is in class two.  Alpha is not yet going to school. Abdul has completed the senior secondary school and is waiting to enter university.
They are confident that malaria will not be part of their health worries since they now using bed nets.  Thank you for helping to make malaria history in their lives!

Marina attends the United Methodist Junior Secondary School. She is in JSS 3.  Marina lives with her aunt and seven cousins in a two bed room apartment with no running water but with electricity.

Because of the presence of mosquitoes in the community, she was a potential victim of this disease.  Now, after she has received a donated bed net, she is now healthy, safe and in good shape. The bed net has made the difference. She extends her thanks to you for gifting her a bed net.

Mariama lives with her aunt and her aunt’s family in a three bedroom apartment with no running water and electricity in the Wellington community.

Mariama’s aunt Martha sells medicinal drugs with a monthly income of $50 and her uncle is a driver with a monthly income of $70; together this is still not enough to cover the basic needs of their home.

Mariama did not have the opportunity to go to school so she embraced the option to be self reliant by learning tailoring. Mariama thanks you for your donation of the tailoring kit because this skill and opportunity will help change her life.

Zainu is three years old.  He lives in a single bed room apartment zinc sheet home with no running water and electricity.  At his early age – he does not like been bitten by pesky mosquitoes.  The swollen bumps from mosquito bites are irritating – making him unhappy.

He was delighted to receive a net – knowing that this will keep him safe from malaria and those irritating itchy bumps.  He now feels safe from malaria and is enjoying good sleep at night.

Thanks Julie for providing this net and a good night’s sleep.

Suliaman suffered from malaria when he was growing up.  He has unpleasant memories if the incident and has lived in fear of getting the disease since.  He was delighted to receive a net because as he puts it with the availability of the bed net he is “now safe from malaria!”

Thank you Amit for providing this life-changing gift – that has set him free from “malaria-fear”!

Thank you for gifting Fatmata with a year of computer classes.

Fatmata is an eleven year old girl who lives with her two sisters and her mother; her father Mohammed is dead.  Her mother Massa is a petty trader that sells bread and is the main provider of their home with a monthly income of $40 which is not enough to cover the basic needs of their home.

Fatmata attends the FAWE primary school and she is in class six; her favorite subject is Mathematics and she wants to be a medical doctor when she grows up.  She likes to sing and dance when she is less busy with her school and domestic work.

Fatmata wants to learn computer to catch up with technological development and to be useful to the world; she thanks you for your donation because she knows it will help change her life.

Thank you for gifting an entire year of vitamin supplements to Mohamed.

Mohamed is ten months old and lives with his mother and father in a single bedroom apartment with electricity but no running water. Mohammed’s father is an auto mechanic and the main provider of their home with a monthly income of $40 which is not enough to cover the basic needs of their home, his mother is a housewife.

Mohammed’s parents extend thanks on his behalf for the provision of a vitamin supplement. The vitamins will help Mohamed remain healthy and help change his life for the better.

Thank you for gifting three treated bed nets to Mariatu, her son Alimamy, and her nephew Denis.

Mariatu is the mother of Alimamy and three other children. She is a petty trader that sells rice, and is the main provider of their home with a monthly income of $50. Unfortunately, this is not enough to cover the family’s basic needs. Alimamy attends the New Hope International Primary school and is in class three; he wants to be a teacher when he grows up. Denis is a nephew to Mariatu, and is not yet going to school. They live in a two bedroom house with no running water or electricity.

Mariatu, Alimamy, and Denis express their thanks to you for the treated bed nets; their use of these nets will limit the spread of malaria through their family.