Hawanatu Sesay

ID: SLGM022

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2010-12-01

Status: Social Orphan/Vulnerable Child

I want to be a doctor.

I enjoy playing dodge ball.

My favorite subject is English.

Hawanatu lives with her mother and one other sibling. Hawanatu's father abandoned the family when he could no longer afford to provide for them. Her mother barely makes enough to meet their daily needs, but she will work hard to save money for Hawanatus school fees. Hawanatu's mother is not able to pay the tuition in full, so she is asked out of school when the balance is due. Once her mother has gathered enough money, Hawanatu can resume learning. Hawanatu is in Class 2 and she would like to become a doctor in the future. 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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