Place Makeni

Age 13

Gender Female

Favorite Color Pink

Favorite Subject at School Mathematics & Reading

Favorite Activity or Game Balance Ball

Grade Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1)

Number of Sisters 1

Number of Brothers 1

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Sunkarie lives with her mother and younger brother in a mud house at the Akin Drive community in Makeni. Sunkarie is growing up in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone.

Her community is a sparsely populated area with farming and trading as the main occupation. The community is faced with poor sanitation and poor water supply.

Sunkarie’s father is a driver and her mother is a student in the university and they struggle to take care of their family's needs. Sunkarie dreams of becoming a Medical doctor after schooling.