Fatmata Kamara

ID: SLGM046

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2011-02-27

Status: Paternal Orphan

I want to be a lawyer.

I enjoy washing dishes.

My favorite subject is mathematics.

Fatmata lives with her uncle, a builder. Fatima's father died when she was 4 years old, and her mother could not provide for her. Fatmata's mother asked her uncle to take her in, but he is not able to provide for both her basic needs and school tuition. Fatmata is able to attend school, but she is asked to leave each time the next tuition payment is due. Once her uncle raises the required funds, Fatmata is able to return to school again. Fatmata wants to become a lawyer in the future. Fatmata's favorite subject is Math and she is in Class 4. Her favorite hobby is washing dishes after school. 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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