SAMUEL: S350-NEW
November
2023
Samuel was promoted to the sixth grade! He is a dedicated student who takes his studies seriously and came very close to earning a double promotion. We are very proud of his attitude and hard work. He continues to live with his grandparents and dreams of becoming a teacher one day. Sponsored by: Lisa and Mia VanderMause
October
2022
Samuel received a double promotion from third to fifth grade. His favorite subject is math and he still wants to be a teacher when he grows up. Samuel still lives with his grandparents and is looking forward to this new school year. He is hopeful he can get another double promotion to enable him catch up with his age-appropriate grade level. Sponsored by: Lisa and Mia VanderMause
September
2021
Thanks to the generous donation from Lisa and Mia VanderMause, Samuel has been re-enrolled into school for the 2021/2022 school year. He 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. Samuel was kept in his current grade level of 3rd grade for the upcoming school year. He continues to live with his grandparents and still wants to be a teacher when he grows up.
September
2020
Thanks to the generous donation from Lisa and Mia VanderMause, Samuel has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. He is in the 3rd grade this year. He was absent during registration because he has been seriously sick, and his grandmother took him to the sick bush. His materials were given to administration to be given upon his return. Until this incident with his health he has been doing extremely well in his classes. He still wants to be a teacher when he grows up. He continues to live with his grandparents.
October 2019
2019
Thanks to the generous donation from Angela McGuire, Samuel has been re-enrolled into school for the 2019-2020 school year.
June 2019
We are pleased to announce that Samuel was promoted to the 2nd grade for the 2018/2019 school year. Phil Vasby, thank you for your sponsorship and giving your student a gift of education through Girl Power Africa.
September
2018
Meet Samuel Gono, who has been generously sponsored by Bulleh Bablitch-Norkeh as a pay-forward gift for Phil Vasby for his generosity. Samuel is 11 years old and in the 1st grade this year. He lives in Barpa, Liberia with his grandparents. Samuel told Girl Power during his interview, “I will not lie, my ma and pa still living. My pa move with his new woman and they live in a diffront town. My ma not working so she take me and my sista to my granma and granpa to stay. And they are old people and don’t have money for us. My sista is young, but I not young. I wan to learn book so I can be a somebody. I not go to school last yea. I don’t wan to stay behind”. He hopes to be a teacher when he grows up.
Photos of Samuel Throughout The School Years:
