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Fanta Bagayogo

Cherifoula, Bamako, Mali

Sponsor

BH

Class

5

Born in 

2011

Fanta is a fifth-grader, born in 2011, who lives with her father and doesn't know her mother because she was just a few months old when she left the family and moved to Côte d'Ivoire. She rarely sees her father, who is a university-educated bricklayer construction manager. They live without the larger family, rent a room in a large yard where the neighbors look after them. Food gets on the table once a day. Fanta wanted to bring herschool bag, but it was so torn that her attendant wouldn't let her, he was ashamed... The little girl was wearing some pretty pink pajamas even when we met. She likes to go to school, math is her favorite subject, her academic record is very good. She likes to draw, sing, and dance. She cleans at home and likes to watch TV with the neighbors, cartoons are her favorites. And she talks a lot, according to his attendant, ":) She would love to have a pink dress and a pair of shoes.

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