Michael, 6, 1st grade
6, 1st grade Together with his older brothers and sisters Michael lives with his grandmother. His mother is mentally disabled and his father lost his eye-sight and with it, his job as load carrier. Michael is repeating the first class because he could not follow the lessons at another school due to the lack of support he received there.
Yvette Manyor, 3, 1st kinder- garden
Yvette Manyor’s father was poisoned by colleagues in the summer of 2010. Together with her mother, her twin sister and her older brother and sister she lives in unfortunate circumstances with her grandfather.
Yvette Ayamba, 3, 1st kinder- garden
Yvette Ayamba is the twin sister of Yvette Manyor. The same first name makes it even more difficult to tell the two apart! While wearing their individual sports dress this is easier than when they are both wearing the identical school uniform. The mother of the girls works as carer at our school.
Ayuk, 2 1/2, 1st kinder- garden
As her father is paralized, the survival of the family depends on the mother, who is farmer. There are two children in the family.
Mohammed, 5, 2nd kinder- garden
Together with his older brother and sister this little boy lives with his grand-parents. His mother was 15 when she gave birth to Mohammed. It is said of his father, a traditional healer, that he died of black magic. The grand-parents do not have the means to pay for Mohammed’s school fee.