Isatu Kabia

ID: SLTG004

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2015-01-11

Status: Double Orphan

I want to be a doctor.

I enjoy playing dodgeball with my friends.

My favorite subject is Art.

Isatu lives with her stepmother who suffers from a chronic illness and struggles to have a consistent income. Her parents have both passed away. Her father recently passed away in June 2022. Isatu’s stepmother cannot adequately provide food and other basic needs for her. Isatu’s stepmother refuses to depend on anyone for support or survival. She strives hard to take care of Isatu and other responsibilities at home. Isatu has never been to school due to a lack of funds. She wants to go to school if she has the support. Isatu wants to be a doctor, and her favorite game is dodgeball.

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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