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Fassery Traoré

Cherifoula, Bamako, Mali

Sponsor

GyA

Class

9

Born in 

2008

12-year-old, eighth-grader Fassery lives with her aunt near the ruins of their house. In the great flood of 2016, their house collapsed and his parents moved in with his 3 younger brothers, leaving Fassery behind due to school. His father is a driver and his mother is a housewife. Neither parent attended school. Fassery lives in a rather dangerous yard, the reconstruction of the house has already begun, but the yard is covered with deep holes with water of the swamp stinking, without putting a plank on it so that no one can fall into it. The room that six of them share only has electricity, no water or toilet nearby. Food is not always on the table. Fassery wants to be a policeman. He likes playing football, his favorite team is Real Madrid. Fassery is not the best student in the class, but he is among the better ones, in the 65-person class he is in the upper half of the midfield, but he vowed to try to get better grades.

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