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Joy Namubiru
$360 of $360 donated
Kampala, Uganda
My name is Joy Namubiru, and I live in the village. I will tell you a little about my family. I have one brother Josh, and he is twelve years old. I also have two sisters, Sofia, who is ten, and Jane who is seven. Then there is me. Sometime people think Jane and I are twins because we look a like. My mommy was killed by a group of thieves who thought she had money when she was returning from fetching water at the river. My father was killed in a car accident. I miss my parents very much. My grandpa is a farmer, and my siblings and I help him work in the field. My grandpa loves me very much because I am the youngest. I love my brothers because they make me smile, and we play a lot of games. I want to go to school, but my grandpa says that we don’t have enough money. He says that we need to buy me shoes first because the school is far away. When the white people came from America, they gave me a skirt and flip flops. I love my flip flops because they are my first pair of shoes, and ...
Jartu K
$40 of $250 donated
Monrovia, Liberia
Jartu is five years old and lives in West Point, Monrovia in Liberia and started kindergarten this year. Jartu lives with her young mother and has a two year old brother. Jartu’s father left the house and does not help out financially so Jartu’s mother is the only wage earner in the household. She sells cassava for $34 a month and Jartu’s grandfather pays the rent for their house. Jartu’s mother was never able to go to school because there was no money, so she does not know how to read and write. She has dreams of having her own shop selling lapas in the future, so finances would not be so difficult for her family. Jartu was sick due to a vitamin deficiency as a child and the family continues to struggle to ensure everyone is properly fed. Jartu easily makes friends and is very laid back. She washes dishes and has learned to bathe and dress herself, so that she can help with the family. Jartu enjoys spelling in school and says she wants to be a big business woman who imports...
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