Aminata Bangura

ID: SLGM033

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2014-02-18

Status: Paternal Orphan

I enjoy washing dishes.

My favorite subject is language arts.

Aminata lives with her mother who does petty trading to earn a living. Her father ran away from his responsibilities of providing for Aminata and her 2 siblings. This leaves the burden solely on Aminata's mother, and she is not able to provide for both their basic needs. Being the sole provider, Aminata's mother struggles to provide their school costs as well. Her mother was able to raise the money to enroll Aminata in Nursery (pre-K), but she was asked out of school when the balance payments were due. Aminata is in Class 1 and wants to be a police officer in the future. Her favorite subject is Language Arts. Thanks to her sponsorship, she has been able to continue her 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.

 

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