Tuesdays
February—June 2024
Gbendembu, Sierra Leone
Adama Bangura is a middle-aged, married mother with 16 people under her care. She is one of two wives in her home. Though she never attended school herself, she desires to see her children educated. Adama lost the vision in her right eye shortly after the birth of her first child. She is a Muslim who attends the mosque regularly to pray. To help provide for her family, she grows groundnuts and rice at her farm, selling the excess for income. She also sells pre-prepared food for additional income. Adama would love to improve her business so she could better provide for those in her care.
Adama Bangura
Adama Turay is a young, single woman with hearing impairment which developed after a sickness when she was a small child. She has completed her secondary education and would love to attend university. She is a practicing Muslim who also takes part in animistic traditions. Adama raises groundnuts and peppers on her farm and sells what she doesn’t need to help support herself.
Adama Turay
Adamsay Bangura is a middle-aged woman with eight children, many of whom are attending school. She is one of two wives but her husband does not provide for her. Adamsay walks with a limp due to an injury when she was a child. She participates in both Muslim and animistic traditions and begs on Fridays for some income. Adamsay also grows rice and peppers, selling what she doesn’t need. Adamsay would like to one day have a prosperous small business so she could better provide for those in her care.
Adamsay Bangura
Adamsay Sesay is a young, married mother with a four-year-old daughter. She became visually impaired as an adult. She has a small petty trade business, buying items in large lots and selling them in small lots, which she hopes to improve so she can better provide for herself and her daughter. Adamsay practices both Islamic and animistic traditions. Though she never attended school, Adamsay hopes she will be able to afford to send her daughter to school.
Adamsay Sesay
Amie Sesay is married with four school-aged children. She suffered from polio as a child causing her impaired mobility. Amie is a practicing Christian who attends church regularly and loves Jesus. To help provide for her family, she grows groundnuts and peppers on her farm, selling what her family doesn’t need. Though she never attended school herself, she desires to see all four of her children educated.
Amie Sesay
Fatmata Kanu is a young, married mother with a one-year-old daughter. She is physically impaired in both her right hand and her left leg. Fatmata is a practicing Christian who attends church regularly and knows Jesus as her Savior. She attended school as a young girl and hopes that one day her daughter will be able to go to school. Fatmata has a small business selling ginger cakes. She hopes she will be able to grow her business so she can one day build a house.
Fatmata Kanu
Fatu Sesay is a married mother with five children under the age of 13. She became visually impaired as a child and she never attended school. Fatu is a Christian who knows what it means to be a Christian and practices the faith. To help provide for the 15 people living under her roof, she raises several crops on her farm, selling what isn’t needed for the household. She hopes that her children will all be able to receive an education.
Fatu Sesay
Hawa Kargbo is a married woman with two children. Her husband has two wives which can bring complications in the home. Hawa has epilepsy and has no function in her right hand. Hawa prays to the Christian God but does not have a clear understanding of what it means to be a Christian. She never attended school but desires for her children to be educated. To help provide for her family, she buys salt in bulk and sells it by cup. She would like to improve her small business.
Hawa Kargbo
Isatu A. Bangura had polio as a very young child which has left her with limited mobility her whole life. She is married and has a 14-year-old daughter, Abie. Isatu attended school through primary school and she desires to see Abie complete her education. Isatu has a small farm but struggles to maintain it due to her disability. Isatu is a Christian who attends church regularly and knows Jesus is her Savior.
Isatu A. Bangura
Isatu Bangura is married and has four children between the ages of 1 and 16. Fifteen years ago she became very sick and has had severe visual impairment since that time. She participates in both Islamic and animistic traditions. Though Isatu never attended school, her school-aged children are attending school. To help provide for her family and the eight other people living in her home, Isatu sells prepared food. Isatu would love to see her small business grow and thrive.
Isatu Bangura
Mamie Sesay is a young, single mother who has struggled with epilepsy since childhood. Mamie’s education ended in secondary school, and both of her daughters, ages 7 and 11, are attending school at this time. To help provide for the six people living in her home, Mamie has a small business selling parched groundnuts and homemade candy which she hopes she can improve. Mamie identifies her religion as Christian but does not have a good understanding of what that means.
Mamie Sesay
Marie Kargbo is a single, young woman who has struggled her whole life with a severe speech impediment. She has suffered a great deal of provocation from others which prevented her from attending school. Marie is a Christian, attends a local church, and can explain what Jesus has done for her. She lives at home with her parents and family and works on the family farm. She also sells soap to help provide for the family’s needs.
Marie Kargbo
Marie Mansaray is a middle-aged woman who is a widow. She has lived her whole life with a speech impediment and never attended school. Marie participates in both Muslim and animistic traditions. To help provide for herself and her adult child, Marie does some farming and also begs on Fridays, the Islamic holy day when alms are often given to the poor.
Marie Mansaray
Marie Sesay is a middle-aged mother with six children, the youngest of whom is 12. After the birth of her second child, she developed a problem in her leg and now struggles with mobility. She is one of two wives of her husband. Marie never attended school but all of her children have been or are being educated. Marie knows and prays to the Christian God and knows Jesus as her Savior. To provide for her family, she grows rice, cassava, peppers, and groundnuts on her farm and sells what is not needed for her family.
Marie Sesay
Rebecca Thoronka is married but has been abandoned by her husband, leaving her to raise her two sons, ages 11 and 14. Both of her sons are in school and she hopes they can continue their education even though she never attended school. Epilepsy has been a part of her whole life and her greatest desire is to obtain medicine that would control her seizures. Rebecca is a Christian who knows Jesus as her Savior. She sells parched groundnuts to help provide for her family.
Rebecca Thoronka
Safie Lahai, a middle-aged widow, became disabled after breaking her leg in a motorcycle accident. The break didn’t heal properly and she now walks with a severe limp. Safie participates in both the Islamic and animistic traditions. She has never gone to school but her 19 and 14-year-old sons are both in secondary school. Safie sells cooked food to others and would like to grow this small business, to better provide for her family.
Safie Lahai
Yabom Kargbo is a middle-aged, widow with five adult children and a 16-year-old daughter, Amie, who is in secondary school. Yabom is blind in her left eye and struggles to maintain her small farm. She grows groundnuts on her farm for resale which helps provide for the four members of her family who are living at home. Yabom is a Christian who loves Jesus as her Savior.
Yabom Kargbo
Yeama Kargbo is a married mother with five children, all of whom still live at home and attend school. She became partially blind after a sickness as a young child. She attends a Christian church and knows Jesus as her Savior. Yeama grows rice and peppers on her farm and sells what the family doesn’t need providing for her family’s daily needs. Yeama’s greatest desire is to be a good mother to her children and care well for them.
Yeama Kargbo
Yombo Kamara is a widowed middle-aged woman. She has three older children, the youngest of whom is still attending secondary school. Yombo had measles as a young child and lost vision in her right eye. Yombo trusts in Jesus as her Savior. To provide for her family’s daily needs, she grows groundnuts and swamp rice at her farm and sells whatever excess she has. Yombo said that she was weary and wished she had more help with her farm.
Yombo Kamara
Zainab Conteh contracted polio as a young child which left her with a withered left leg making mobility challenging. She is now married and has three children ages 7 to 15. Though she stopped attending school at the secondary level, she hopes all three of her children will be able to complete their education. Zainab prays to the Christian God but does not have a clear understanding of what it means to be a Christian. To help provide for the 10 people who live under her roof, Zainab sells extra produce from her garden as well as popped popcorn and small fried cakes.
Zainab Conteh
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