LUCKY: S341-KAR

November

2023

Lucky was very proud of herself for being promoted to the first grade, and so are we! She is a strong girl who shows her strength daily as she walks four miles to get to school. This kind of strength and resilience is remarkable for a young child in Liberia, West Africa, where the journey to school can be challenging and arduous. It requires immense physical stamina to walk such distances, often under the hot sun, and a strong will to persist despite the difficulties. Many children in her village might choose easier paths, but Lucky is determined to get an education and improve her family’s future. At 13 years old, she continues to live with her mother and dreams of becoming a doctor one day. Thank you Lori Kilstrom Higgins for making this possible.

October

2022

Twelve-year-old Lucky has been sponsored by GPA for five years and was promoted to K-2. She has had a rocky four years. She must walk four miles one way to get to school. We are hopeful that her health and strength will improve as she ages, and the walk to school will be more manageable and Lucky’s academic progress will improve. She still wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Sponsored by: Lori Kilstrom Higgins

September

2021

Thanks to the generous donation from Kathy Gibson, Lucky 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 schedule. 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. Lucky was kept in her current grade level of K-1 grade for the upcoming school year. She continues to live with her mother and still wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

September

2020

Thanks to the generous donation from Kathy Gibson, Lucky has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. She did not complete her schooling this year because she was sick for 2 months and was unable to walk the 4 mile distance to go to school each day. She is repeating K-1 this year but she still wants to be a medical doctor when she grows up. She continues to live with her mother. (Lucky was out of town on the day of the 2020/2021 school distribution. Her materials were left with the school authorities).

October 2019

2019

Thanks to the generous donation from Dan and Brookh Lyons, Lucky has been re-enrolled into school for the 2019/2020 school year. Lucky is a role model both in class and at home. She helps to tutor her classmates and has been a big help to her mother by cleaning and taking care of her siblings during her free time.

June 2019

We are pleased to announce that Lucky was promoted to the K-1 for the 2018/2019 school year. Lucky’s village does not have a school. So, she walks about 4 miles each way to go to school to the nearest town. Rock Prairie Presbyterian Church, thank you for your sponsorship and giving your student a gift of education through Girl Power Africa.

September

2018

Meet Lucky, who has been generously sponsored by the Rock Prairie Presbyterian Church. She is 7 years old and has never been to school. She’s now enrolled in the ABC grade. She lives in Karnla, Liberia with her mother. About nine months ago, Lucky’s father was fed with up life. He packed up and fled to the neighboring country (Guinea) leaving behind his wife and children who were dependent on him for their survival. Lucky has never been to school and had come to Girl Power for educational assistance. She hopes to be a medical doctor when she grows up.