While drafting up our class reports for those who support the Education Program, we interviewed Naomi*. How can we ever possibly imagine what the majority of children go through around the world today?
My name is Naomi, I am 13 years old, and I live with my mother in Kanyala compound. At first we were 14 in my family, including my parents, but 10 of my brothers and sisters have died, including my father. The only person remaining is my mother, my two sisters and myself. My mother is very old she can’t work anywhere. We only survive through denotation from distant relatives who send us some food every once in a while. We eat once a day but sometimes we are blessed to afford two meals a day. My favourite meal is Nshima with a local relish made from the mixture of vegetables and groundnuts. I want to become a teacher when I grow up so that I can help little children and my old mother.
* Name changed
