Yusupha is the mother of 4 children. Yusupha’s husband passed
away in 2015 from a stroke after this, she became a widow and her
children became orphans. Because there was now no sole
breadwinner in the family, Yusupha struggled to provide food. Her
daily income only carried the family through a day or two at most.
He lives in Pakistan. In 2011, his father suffered a fatal heart attack,
leaving Anees, his mother (Kousar Parveen) and sister (Zainab
Noor) to look after each other.The family suffered financial
hardship without their sole breadwinner, and with no regular
source of income Anees’ mother, Kousar, could not to afford to
send her children to school.
As part of our visit to Sierra Leone we spoke to many children in
the hope of finding out more about the lives of orphans in
Freetown. We asked the usual questions about their favorite
subjects, their hobbies and what they want to be when they grow
up.
