Mariama Morlai

ID: SLGM040

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2013-07-09

Status: Vulnerable Child

I want to be a nurse.

I enjoy cooking.

My favorite subject is mathematics.

Mariama lives with her mother and father. Her father is a petty trader, and her mother takes care of the home and children. Mariama's father is not able to make enough income to meet all of their needs and pay Mariama's school fees. He will gather enough money to start her in school, but once the balance is due, Mariama is asked out of school. Once her mother and father raise enough money to start her back in school, she can resume learning. Mariama is in Class 1 and wants to be a nurse in the future. Her favorite subject is Mathematics. 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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