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Grace Nakisozi
$360 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
My name is Grace Nakisozi. I am eight years old and the youngest child in my family. My family and I live in the village several miles away from the Circle of Peace School. I have one sister. Her name is Jessica, and she is nine years old. Several years ago, my father was eaten by a crocodile as we were getting water from the river. After I saw the crocodile eat my father, I was in shock and could not speak or hear for six months. I am starting to hear and speak again; however, it is very difficult. Soon after my father died, my mother passed away after she became really sick. Now I live with my grandmother who raises me and my brother and sister. My sister and I help my grandmother pick food. I love to go to the Circle of Peace School because I want to have a better life and be better able to help my family, like the other students at my school. The Circle of Peace School is my new family, and I promise to work hard in school. My dream is to build a well for my village so that my f...
Sonam Shahbaz
$450 of $450 donated
Pakistan, Pakistan
Sonam Shahbaz is eight years old and living with her mother and six sisters in a rented house in the red light area of Lahore. Sonam’s mother is sex worker and earns livelihood for the family through prostitution. Sonam does not want to be a sex worker. Her mother and her two elder sisters hardly earn an amount of Rs. 10000/ month (US $ 119/ month) from prostitution. With this limited income they are hardly able to meet the daily expenses of food and rent of the house. Her mother is not able to bear the expenses of her education and health care. Her two sisters are in business of prostitution and remaining three sisters have also never attended school. Her mother and other family members do not want her to attend the school as they are unable to meet the expenses of her education. Her mother wants her to be a prostitute in future but she does not want to be a prostitute. She wants to get education and to become an artist in future. She thinks that education is the best way to get ...
Shaiza Anam
$450 of $450 donated
Pakistan, Pakistan
Shiza Anam, a six year old girl, is living with her mother, two brothers and two sisters in red light area Lahore. Her mother is sex worker who hardly earns an amount of Rs. 7000/ month (US $ 83 / month) from prostitution. With this limited income she is hardly able to meet the daily expenses of food and other requirements of the family. Her mother is not able to bear the expenses of her education and health care. Her two sisters and two brothers are also not going to school as her mother is not in a position to bear the expense of their educations. Her mother wants her to be a prostitute in future but she does not want to be a prostitute. She wants to get an education and to become a teacher in her life. She thinks that education is the best way to fight against deprivations, poverty and to get rid of the prostitution. But her mother does not have enough resources for her education. She does not know about her father as her mother is a sex worker. Her mother also does not know abou...
Rosaline
$250 of $250 donated
Monrovia, Liberia
Rosaline is a seven year old More than Me scholarship recipient who started kindergarten this year in West Point. Rosaline lives with her parents and two siblings. Her oldest sibling, Guine, lives with an aunt since the war. Rosaline’s mother finished school in the sixth grade because she did not have any money to continue and became pregnant shortly after leaving school. Rosaline’s mother sells locks for doors and toothbrushes making $21 a month and Rosaline’s father earns $20 a month using a wheelbarrow to transport water and other goods. Rosaline lives in one room with seven people. Rosaline is a bright child and get good grades in school. Rosaline’s mother describes her as very obedient, friendly and outgoing. She washes clothes and dishes and sweeps and cleans the house. She loves science in school and says that she “would like to be Liberia’s president and help the poor people in the country and all the children go to school.”
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