Adama was abandoned by his mother, when he was 6 months old. He lives with his father and his new wife. His father wants to send him to a community garden to work, instead of going to school, as he cannot afford it. With our help he's going back to school and starting 4th grade in 2021.

Awa and her family, all dedicated Muslims, used to live in the north of Mali. In 2020 they had to flee because of the jihadist threat and lost everything they had. We have already helped them out with rice. In the beginning a Muslim organisation helped them to survive, but not to go to school. Awa finished 8th grade in the north, and now she can continue school in Dara, starting 9th grade in October 2021.

Bourama's father has been sick and paralyzed for a long time and has been home since 2019, unable to work. The doctors have not been able to find out what is wrong with him. Bourama's mother has become a believer and is part of our church. Because of their dire situation we have helped them with rice before. Thanks to the sponsorship Bourama can go back to school and started 5th grade in 2021.

Chaka is Madian's firstborn son. We paid Madian's operation in summer of 2021, they delivered her baby, and then she died. Not only did Madian become a believer a few months before dying, Chaka is also following Jesus and a part of the church. The family is without means and so Chaka's father was going to take him out of school. Thanks to our sponsorship Chaka is returning to school and starting 7th grade in 2021.

Dem is Fulani, a (semi-)nomad people that are fervent Muslims, and used to live in the north of Mali. Because of their ethnicity the population suspected they were jihadists, and so they finally had to flee for their lives. When they arrived in Dara, Dem was able to return to school thanks to a refugee program, but he could not even finish 6th grade, when they stopped their support. The family has no means at all, but thanks to our sponsorship program, Dem started 7th grade in 2021, after the director said that he was such a good student he did not have to finish 6th grade.

Geneviève is the only child of her single mother who became a believer and is part of our church. She sells drinks to survive. Geneviève completed second grade, but her mother did not have the means to send her back to school. Thanks to our sponsorship program Geneviève started 3rd grade in 2021.

Ichaka's father died in a car accident in 2020. Even though it was a government vehicle, the family received no help. They were living together with the rest of their big family. After they completed the months of grief, Ichaka's uncle kicked his mother out, together with him and all his siblings. They found a place to stay, and his mother does odd jobs to survive. He has finished 7th grade, but they have no means to send him back to school. Thanks to our sponsorship program, he could start 8th grade in 2021.

After Mery's father left her, his mother got remarried, and so she handed her son over to her mother to raise. Mery's grandmother could not afford for him to go to school, and so he had to drop out in the middle of first grade. Thanks to our sponsorship program he went back to school in 2021 to start first grade again.

Mohamed finished 5th grade. Then his father left the family, and so there was no money for him to continue going to school. Mohamed's mother has a bad leg, making walking and working difficult for her. We have given the family rice because of their dire needs. In 2021 Mohamed was able to start 6th grade because of our sponsorship program.

Ousmane was in 5th grade, when his father died in the beginning of 2021. He had to drop out of school. They were in so much need that we helped them with rice. Thanks to our sponsorship program he was able to go back to school in 2021 to finish 5h grade.

Ramatou's mother became a believer and is part of our church, while her father is still a Muslim. After she finished 6th grade, her father sent her to Bamako to live and work in a bar (and be sexually exploited). He was making $20 per month as a result. When Paul found out, he was able to convince her father to bring her back home and told him that we would cover the cost of sending her to school. Thankfully he agreed, and so she returned home after two months. She started 7th grade in 2021.

Souleymane is Baroh's son, one of the ladies in a desperate situation who we helped. In 2020 the family with 7 children fled the north of Mali, where jihadists had killed their whole family. When Souleymane's father returned north to sell their possessions to have something to live on, he was killed as well. Souleymane had finished 6th grade in the north, but never went to school in Dara. After a year out of school he started 7th grade in 2021 thanks to our sponsorship program.

Souleymane's father died in the spring of 2021, leaving them with nothing and no means of income. Because of their desperate situation we had helped them with rice. Thanks to our sponsorship program Souleymane can go back to school and started 6th grade in 2021.

Youssouf's mother has become a Christian and is part of our church. His father is a Muslim and handicapped, which condemns him to begging as the only means for income. Because of his inability to pay for his son's schooling and the debt he had accumulated at the school, he decided to send Youssouf to a koranic school, as those are free. Thanks to our sponsorship program we were able to prevent that, and Youssouf started 4th grade in 2021.

Alima's father died. When her mother got remarried, she handed her daughter over to her mother to raise, who has been struggling to have enough for them to survive. Thanks to our sponsorship program she was able to start first grade in 2021.

Aminata's father died. Her mother has become a believer and is part of our church. Because of their dire situation, we have supported them with rice before. Thanks to our sponsorship program, Aminata was able to go to school in 2021.

Fanta and her family used to rent a house right by our center in Bamako, and therefore she had come to our kids' programs and parties many times. But then they were kicked out by their landlord because of their debts and inability to pay the rent. They ended up moving to Dara, but are still struggling to survive. Fanta's Dad was going to take her out of school, unable to afford to even buy notebooks for her, but thanks to our sponsorship program she was able to start 6th grade in 2021.

Waridjo's father died.  Her mother is very sick, but is still part of our church. Wardjo really wanted to go to school, and thanks to our sponsorship program she was able to start first grade in 2021.

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