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RUTH: S391-GBO

September 2021: Thanks to the generous donation from Barbara Jenkin, Ruth has been re-enrolled into school for the 2021/2022 school year. She was promoted to the 3rd grade this year and still wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She continues to live with her aunt.

September 2020-S391-GBO-Thanks to the generous donation from Barbara Jenkin, Ruth has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. She is in the 2nd grade this year and still wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She continues to live with her aunt.

2019:  Meet Ruth, who has been generously sponsored by Barbara Jenkin. She is 10 years old and is in the 1st grade this year. Ruth lives in Gbobayee, Liberia with her aunt. Since the death of Ruth’s father 2 years ago, Ruth’s widowed mother has been having a diffitcult time support her and the children. Ruth was given to her aunt to live. But that aunt too has her own responsibilities and has been unable to send Ruth to school on a regular basis.   Her interests are braiding hair and she hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. (Unfortunately, Ruth was not feeling well on the day of the distribution. She had malaria and had to leave before taking photos in her school materials.