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Alfreda Fofanah
ID: SLGM053
Country: Sierra Leone
My birthday is 2013-03-08
Status: Vulnerable Child
I want to be an attorney.
I enjoy doing laundry.
My favorite subject is religious education.
Alfreda lives with her mother and father. Her father is a local builder, and her mother is a petty trader. Unfortunately, Alfreda's parents are unable to provide for all of their family's basic needs and education. Alfreda is able to begin school, but each time fees are due, she is asked out. Once Alfreda's parents raise the funds, she can begin again but will experience lapses in her learning. Thanks to her sponsorship, she has been able to continue her education. Alfreda would like to be a lawyer in the future. Her favorite subject is Religious Education.
Most parents struggle to provide their families with more than one meal a day, so the cost to send their children to school is not easy to come by. Typically, those who can afford to send one or two of their children to school will choose to send only their sons. Girls whose parents cannot afford to send them to school will be left at home to tend to daily chores, and their smaller siblings while the parents are away earning their daily wages. This lack of education and supervision makes girls just entering adolescence very vulnerable to teenage pregnancy. Girls who have not been given access to education are often left with no option but to marry at young ages to be financially supported by their husbands.