Rita: S792-FLO

Rita is promoted to first grade and is one step closer to realizing her dream of becoming a business woman one day.  She still resides with her grandmother. Sponsored by: Hope & Elizabeth Mikkelson

Eight-year-old Rita lives in Flowin, Liberia with her grandmother and seven extended family members.  Rita’s mother has an undiagnosed illness that rendered her unable to care for Rita and her father abandoned the family several years ago.  Her grandmother does subsistence farming and cannot afford to send Rita to school.  Rita is in kindergarten class and dreams of being a businesswoman one day.  She said she want to take care of her mother and grandmother. Sponsored by: Hope & Elizabeth Mikkelson