SERENA: S440-SAN
November
2023
Serena has been promoted to the third grade! She had a fantastic school year and performed exceptionally well. Serena continues to live with her mother and dreams of becoming a seamstress one day. Sponsored by: Joyce Jorgensen
October
2022
Serena was promoted to second grade! During our interview, she was all smiles and looked healthy. She is very grateful for the opportunity to attend school. She kept saying to us, “thank my sponsor please”. Her favorite subject is math and she continues to live with her mother. She still wants to be a seamstress one day. Sponsored by: Joyce Jorgensen
September
2021
Thanks to the generous donation from Joyce Jorgensen, Serena has been re-enrolled into school for the 2021/2022 school year. She was promoted to the 1st grade this year and still wants to be a seamstress when she grows up. One way she helps her mom is by getting water in the morning and night for her family. Access to water is limited in villages like Sanniquellie. One has to walk to a nearby well, creek or flowing stream to fetch water in a bucket and head tote it back to their house. She’s a hard worker both in and out of school.
September
2020
Thanks to the generous donation from Joyce Jorgensen, Serena has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. She is in the kindergarten-2 grade this year. During registration, we learned that she broke her hand while playing with her friends. But she’s recovering now. She still wants to be a seamstress when she grows up. She continues to live with her mother.
October
2019
Meet Serena, who has been generously sponsored by Mary Thayer. She is 10 years old and in the Kindergarten-1 this year. She lives in Sanniquellie, Liberia with her mother. Serena’s father abandoned her at birth. Her mother is single and unemployed with 3 children whom she’s having a difficult time supporting. Serena hopes to be a seamstress when she grows up.
Please note: the reason Serena’s hair was shaved off is because her grandmother passed away a month ago: In some parts of Liberia, women, especially first daughters and wives, are known to shave off their heads when grieving their husbands, mothers, fathers, and grandparent’s death, as a sign of respect to the dead and as a new beginning.
Photos of Serena Throughout The School Years:
