It’s hard to imagine how Adama Fambuleh, a 30-year-old mother of eight, two of which she gave birth to and the rest adopted because they insisted, can be as positive about life as she is.
Sat under the scorching sun on a small wooden bench outside her home in Bumbeh Pejuh village, in the Southern Province, Fambuleh recalled how her teenage girls were forced to leave their school during the outbreak.
When it was time for the girls to return, Fambuleh (below) had no money to buy their uniform.
But with the help of a Christian Aid initiative that provides steel boxes for women in communities to collectively save money to use for emergencies, Fambuleh was able to borrow money – with interest, for the youngsters to return to school.
It really is as simple as it sounds – the charity takes two ordinary padlocked steel boxes into communities and remarkably, it doesn’t take long for transformations to occur. Within a year, of the boxes being introduced, it’s clear what kind of difference it has made.
“I’m so thankful to God for being chair lady of the box,” Fambuleh told Premier.
She beamed with pride describing the respect she has received since she was selected to be one of two women that have the responsibility of managing the boxes.
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