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Sériba Moussa Konate

Cherifoula, Bamako, Mali

Sponsor

JE

Class

2

Born in 

2016

This second grader boy lives with his father's extended family, in a family of four children, he is the oldest child. The father finished 9th grade, but did not pass the final exam, the mother also started school, but did not finish it. The father was a gunman in a city prison, but has been unemployed for some time. The mother is a housewife. Sériba has no textbooks, his school equipment is the minimum, 2 notebooks, a pen, a pencil, a ragged little backpack, which he also got from his uncle. The family eats twice a day, the mother cooks once and this is divided into two meals, usually rice with some vegetable sauce. Sériba likes going to school, reading is his favorite subject. At home, his job is to carry water and he helps his mother make all kinds of objects from beads. In his spare time, he likes to play soccer, Real Madrid and Karim Benzema are his favorites. According to his mother, he is a very serious, quiet, shy child, listens to his parents, and is obedient. He studies very well, he is among the top 10 in his class of 75. He would love to have a jersey, a ball and school supplies...

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