VICTORIA: S406-SAN

November

2024

Victoria has been promoted to the second grade! She continues to excel in her studies, with a new love for writing. Her teacher praises her as a good student with a positive attitude, and she is known for encouraging her classmates to strive harder and believe in themselves. Victoria’s passion for learning is evident as she actively participates in class and excels in her favorite subjects, writing, reading and math. At home, Victoria takes on the responsibility of helping with cooking for the family. She continues to live with her aunt, who provides her with love and support. Victoria dreams of becoming a nurse one day, driven by her compassion and desire to care for others. Sponsored by: Joyce Jorgensen

November

2023

Victoria has been promoted to the first grade! Her teacher praises her as a good student with a positive attitude. Victoria is known for encouraging her classmates to strive harder and to believe in themselves. Her favorite subjects are reading and math, where she eagerly participates and excels. At home, Victoria takes on the responsibility of helping with cooking for the family. She continues to live with her aunt, who provides her with love and support. Victoria dreams of becoming a nurse one day, driven by her compassion and desire to care for others. Sponsored by: Joyce Jorgensen

October

2022

Victoria was promoted to Kindergarten-2! Her favorite subject is English. Her favorite pastime is cooking. Her favorite dish is torbogee stew with rice. Torbogee is a pungent, fermented stew made with a variety of vegetable and meat options. She continues to live with her aunt and wants to be a nurse one day. Sponsored by: Joyce Jorgensen

September

2021

Thanks to the generous donation from Joyce Jorgensen, Victoria has been re-enrolled into school for the 2021/2022 school year. She received an incomplete for the 2020/2021 school year. Due to COVID-19 outbreak, schools in Liberia had irregular school schedules. This combined with the lack of technology in the schools, some schools made the decision to keep students in their current grade level for the 2021/2022 school year. Victoria was kept in her current grade level of K-1 for the upcoming school year. She continues to live with her aunt and still wants to be a nurse when she grows up.

September

2020

Thanks to the generous donation from Joyce Jorgensen, Victoria has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. She is in the kindergarten-1 grade this year and still continues to live with her aunt. She wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Nurses and health care workers in general are sorely needed in Liberia where access to medical care is challenged by a limited number of health facilities and workers. GPA is honored to walk alongside Victoria and encourage her dream of becoming a nurse.

October

2019

Meet Victoria, who has been generously sponsored by Frederick & Bulleh Norkeh. She is 8 years old and is going to school for the first time this year in ABC. Victoria lives in Sanniquellie, Liberia with her aunt. Victoria’s mother passed away while in childbirth when Victoria was 2 years. Victoria’s father, whom she was living with, passed away in 2015. She is currently living with her aunt who has children of her own and could not afford to send Victoria to school. She hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. (Please note: We were unable to get a picture of Victoria this year because she had a bad case of pink eye and we sent her home with her school materials).