Emma Kamara

ID: SLGM045

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2011-02-25

Status: Vulnerable Child

I want to be a nurse.

I enjoy playing balance ball (dodge ball).

My favorite subject is science.

Emma lives with her mother and 4 siblings. Their father abandoned the family when she was 4 years old. Emma's mother is the sole provider, and as a small business trader, she struggles to meet their needs. Emma is able to attend school, but she is asked to leave each time the next tuition payment is due. This causes lapses in her education while she waits at home for her mom to gather the money. Emma wants to be a nurse in the future. Her favorite subject is Science and she is in Class 2. Emma enjoys balance ball (dodgeball) with her friends. 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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