Meet Kula's Family

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Meet Kula. She is a beautiful five year old attending Child Foundation Academy.  She dreams of becoming a doctor someday and with Science being her favorite subject, she just might be!  This was not always the case for Kula.   You see, Kula is one of the thousands of girls in Liberia whose family finds school tuition very difficult.  Even though Momo, (Kula's father) works a job he still earns less than $2 USD a day.  This income makes school tuition take a "backseat" to the importance of feeding his family this month.  Yet, we know that in a war-torn country such as Liberia the way forward is education.


Kula is the reason the Liberian Literacy Program was started.  You see, I made a promise to Momo that I would find a way to see that Kula did indeed receive an education.  What started as a promise to a little girl and her father has turned into a program that currently has almost 30 students being educated!  I want to see Kula graduate someday...in spite of poverty and  family obligations.  I want to see her life changed so she can influence and inspire other girls.  Did you know that of the children who actually attend school in Liberia, only around 30-47% are girls?  We need to change that statistic.

This is Kula's family. Kebbeh(mother), Momo(father) Kula, and Momo Jr.(brother).  They are standing outside of their family home in Congo Town.

This is Kula with her teacher.  This is what Kula's teacher says about her.  "Kula is always regular in school and participates in class.  She is doing well in school and is an honor roll student."  She also mentioned that she is proud of the whole family for their involvement in Kula's education.

A couple of pictures of Kula being her sweet, cute ol' self in class.

And these last couple of pictures show Kula at home.  This is how she studies during after school hours.  Studying at night always poses a challenge for the kids.  With this program we are striving to change the lives of a couple hundred students.  With your help we can make this happen!

The parents of Kula wish to express their appreciation to you for helping them in reaching the goal of education in their family.  They said things are going along nicely with school and pray that you will continue to support the program so they can see her continue in school.