MARTHALINE: S585-BOR

Marthaline was unable to complete the fifth-grade last year due to illness and is repeating the grade this year. Despite this challenge, she continues to serve as her class president, an exception granted by the school in recognition of her commitment and her participation in the Girl Power Africa program. The school principal has shared that she must successfully pass this year in order to maintain this leadership role. Marthaline is determined to do everything within her power to stay healthy, work hard, and advance to the next grade level. She understands the importance of this year and is fully committed to giving her best effort in school. We are proud of her perseverance and leadership and thank her sponsor for continuing to make her education possible. Sponsored by: Lori Kilstrom Higgins

Marthaline has been promoted to the 5th grade this year and was elected as her class president. She shared that her favorite thing about being president is that she feels the teachers listen to her, which helps her feel more involved in her school community. Sponsored by: Lori Kilstrom Higgins

Marthaline is promoted to fourth grade and still resides with her mother.  She still wants to be a teacher one day. Sponsored by: Lori Kilstrom Higgins

Thanks to the generous donation from James Barker, Marthaline 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. Marthaline was kept in her current grade level of 1^st grade for the upcoming school year. She continues to live with her mother and still wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

Meet Marthaline, who has been generously sponsored by James Barker. She is 10 years old and is in the 2nd grade this year. She lives in Borsonnor Town, Liberia with her mother.  The town chief told our team: “Her mother and father stayed together for a long time. And in those many years, her parents had 8 children. The father just walked away from her mother and their 8 children – leaving them to suffer”. Her interests are to educate her people and she hopes to be a teacher when she grows up.