Saturday 25 September 2010

Yaya and Lamin


Little Yaya, and Lamin her younger brother are both in hospital at the moment after being in an accident. The building they were in collapsed, in their village Si-Kunda, and both of them sustained broken legs. Yaya is 5, and Lamin is nearly 3. Their mother and grandmother are staying at the hospital with them, and their family is supporting them with taking in food, and comfort.

We now have a lot of our students going into further education, which is really great news and we are very proud of them. Most are doing well and getting good results, so we wish them well, and congratulations to them all. The costs of course go up as they need more text books and higher school fees. We are managing to keep up with the increasing costs at the moment, but will need to start raising more funds over the next year to ensure they all get what they need to continue, and to also fund our projects in the area. We(the charity)are committed to ensure that we do manage to see them all through their education. We are very fortunate to have so many who donate regularly to the charity for a student, and others for the schools and projects, they are all valuable contributions and really do 'make a difference'.

If you would like any more information, or if there is anyone else who would like to contribute, either as a one-off, or regularly please let me know!! Contact details on this website, Sue

1 comment:

  1. Myself and Liz are looking forward to our visit in November we shall be there for 10 days. Most of the time spent in the village, visiting the schools, hospital and Red Cross. We shall of course check on how Yaya and her brother Lamin are progressing. If there is anything anyone would like me to take then please email me at mjones@friendsofsikunda.org

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