Morlai lives with his parents and two siblings in a single bedroom home with no running water and electricity. Morlai’s father is a motor mechanic and his mother is a housewife.  Morlai’s father’s meager income cannot cover their family needs and Morlai has known poverty all his life. Morlai is very clever and would like to go to school but his parents cannot afford to pay for it. Quite likely he will remain uneducated and will end up becoming a motor mechanic like his father.

Morlai was delighted when he got a mosquito net – and it made his mother happy as well.  Mosquito is one of the leading killers of children under 5, and this net will help keep Morlai safe!  Thanks Steve for providing Morlai this simple and effective protection against mosquitoes and malaria.

Unisa

Unisia was born in Whalah village in Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone. Unisia’s father is a subsistence farmer and his mother is a food seller.  Unisa, on the other hand, lives in Wellington, a suburb of Freetown, with his aunt and uncle and their 4 children.  His uncle is currently unemployed and his aunt, a petty trader, has a monthly income of US$60.

Her income of $60 monthly does not cover the needs of the family. This has resulted in nutritionally deficient and skipped meals.  The family currently averages 1-2 meals a day.

Unisa and Nurse

Unisa was delighted to receive the nutritional supplements – as he is concerned about growing tall and strong. Thank you, Neil, for helping to provide the nutritional supplements to Unisa!

Bethsy

Bethsy with her father, mother and 5 siblings lives in a single bed room zinc house with no running water, no electricity and poor toilet facilities.  Bethsy has only known poverty throughout her eight years on earth. Her family struggles to eat daily without external assistance.  The father is a cobbler and the main provider.  He has a monthly income of US$15 that is insufficient to maintain the father alone. Her mother is a house wife and is seriously ill.  Bethsy walks barefooted to school every day.

Bethsy does light errands for people in her neighborhood to survive.  She walks half a mile to fetch water very early in the morning. Bethsy and her siblings sleep on a mat spread on the floor.  Bethsy loves singing and athletics.

Nurse shows Bethsy how to take the liquid supplements

Bethsy was delighted to receive the vitamin supplements that you can see her holding in these photos.  This will help to supplement her deficient diet, helping to provide the vital nutrients that her growing body needs. Thanks, Kabir, for your generous support that is helping to provide critical nutrition she needs.

Aminata holding the box of vitamin supplements

Aminata is a smart and promising child and lives with her parents and brother in an apartment that contains a single room and a living room.  Their apartment has neither running water nor electricity.   They use a locally made kerosene lamp for lighting when the electricity goes out or is cut.

Her father is a school teacher and the main provider of the family.  He has a monthly income of about US $100 which is not enough to cover the family needs.  Aminata’s mother is uneducated and she takes care of the home. When she grows, Aminata wants to be a nurse. She does light errands to help her mother provide for the family when her father’s salary is delayed.

Nurse demonstrates to Aminata how to take the liquid supplements

Aminata and her family are very appreciative of the vitamin supplements as this is helping to ensure that her diet is enriched.  Thanks to you, Kabir, this growing girl can be assured of adequate nutrition.

Marie

Marie lives with her mother and two siblings in a zinc sheet house with no running water and no electricity.  Her father is deceased and her mother, who is just a house wife / home maker, has no steady income. Marie and her family depend on and live under the benevolence of good-hearted people who give them food every day.  Her nutrition has been adversely affected and some days they get by with only one meal.

Marie has known poverty all her life. She walks to school wearing plastic slippers. She also wakes up early to fetch water from a community tap that is half a mile away from home. Marie’s mother finds it extremely hard to pay her school fees and this is has caused disruptions in her schooling.

Nurse shows Marie how to take supplements

The provision of the nutritional supplements was warmly welcomed as their diet is typically unbalanced and nutritionally deficient.  Thanks, Daryl, for helping to provide better nutrition for this growing girl!

Abubakarr

Abubakarr was born at the peak of the civil war in Sierra Leone. His father, a petty trader, is now deceased. His mother works far away and has to leave the home very early and returns very late. His mother is the main provider with monthly income of US $40, which is inadequate for basic family needs.

Abubakarr does light errands for people so that he can have food in his mother’s absence.  Their home does not have running water or electricity.  Consequently, Abubakarr has to walk some distance each day to fetch water for domestic purposes. At night, the only source of light available is a crude locally-made kerosene lamp. Thankfully, some of their neighbors have electricity and Abubakarr goes to their house to study / finish his homework at night.  Abubakarr wants to become a medical doctor when he grows up.

Nurse shows Abubakarr how to take the liquid supplements

Thanks to these nutritional supplements, this aspiring medical doctor can now stay healthy.  They are enriching his diet and providing valuable nutrition.  Thanks for your support Daryl!

Sulaiman happily holding his new net

Sulaiman attends the United Methodist Church Primary School in Wellington, very close to where he lives with his father, mother, brother and sisters in a two bedroom apartment with no running water and no electricity. His father is a painter and his mother is a gardener with a combined monthly income of US$ 70 – not enough to cover the basic family needs.

Sulaiman walks to school with a pair of plastic shoes because his parents cannot afford to buy him nice shoes. Sulaiman likes going to school but hates being sent home from school, as is usually the case, due to late payment of school fees. He studies using a kerosene lamp at night and sleeps on a bed made of grass with his brother.

Sulaiman shares the net with his brother

Sulaiman was very happy to receive a net and this will keep him safe from mosquitoes.  Thanks to Daryl, this simple protection will keep him and his brother free from malaria.

Mariama

Mariama lives in a single bedroom block house with no running water and poor toilet facilities.  She lives together with her father, mother and three siblings.  Every morning Mariama walks half a mile to fetch water for domestic use. Mariama helps take care of her younger siblings in the afternoons.  In the evenings, she goes to her mother’s market table to help pack the goods her mother to sell.

Although the house where Mariama and her family live is connected to the electricity grid, electricity supply is not dependable.  She therefore sometimes has to use a locally made kerosene lamp to study.   Her father and mother are petty traders and co-providers for the home with their monthly income of US$ 120, this is not enough to cover the family needs. Mariama wants to be an aviation manager when she grows up.

Mariama relaxing under her new net

Mariama sends her gratitude for the provision of the mosquito net that you can see her holding and lying under in the photos.  Daryl, thanks for providing a mosquito-shield for this future aviation manager!

Hawanatu holding her vitamin supplements

Hawanatu and her two siblings and parents live in a zinc sheet home with no running water or electricity.  The single room and living room house the entire family. Hawanatu walks around bare-footed except when she goes to school or to church. Her father works as a security guard and her mother is a hairdresser.  Their combined monthly income of US $100 is insufficient to cover the family needs. They have had to make adjustments to make ends meet and this has adversely affected the quality of food that they eat and the frequency of meals.

Hawanatu does light errands for people to raise money for her lunch. This helps to complement her diet.  She was delighted to receive the vitamin supplements as this will improve her nutrition.

Nurse demonstrates to Hawanatu how to take the supplements

Neil, thank you for helping to ensure that she receives the nutrients her growing body needs.

Happy Facineh with his new net

Facineh is the third child in his family and his family has lived in poverty all of their life. He likes playing soccer and reading.  Mathematics is his best subject in school and he wants to be a doctor when he grows up. His father is deceased.  His mother is a gardener whose monthly income is U.S $30.  She is unable to meet the basic needs of Facineh and his two siblings.

Fasineh lives in a zinc sheet house with no running water and no electricity. The house is owned by his grandmother, has only two rooms, and provides shelter for a total of fourteen extended family members.

Facineh relaxing under his new net

Facineh was very  happy to receive a mosquito net that is helping to keep him safe from irritating mosquito bites and malaria.  Neil, thank you so much for helping to provide this!