Zainab Koroma

ID: SLGM038

Country: Sierra Leone

My birthday is 2011-11-06

Status: Double Orphan

I want to be a nurse.

I enjoy playing balance ball (dodge ball).

My favorite subject is language arts.

Zainab is a double orphan. Both of her parents died when she was 3 years old. Her grandmother was the only person able to raise her. Zainab's grandmother does petty trading to provide her with them, but the money is not enough to help cover all of Zainab's school fees. Zainab is able to start school, but once the balance payment is due, she is sent home until her grandmother can come with more money. This causes lapses in her learning. Zainab is in Class 3 and wants to be a nurse in the future. Her favorite subject is Language Arts. 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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