Educate girls and fight poverty in Senegal

Kambe has been a WGEP Sisters to School scholar for three years and is currently in her final year of high school in Sokone. She lives with one of her older sisters in Sokone so that she can attend high school there since her parents’ village where she grew up is too far from her school.

Kambe was surprised at what a huge difference the scholarship from WGEP has made in her life. Prior to receiving the scholarship, her family lived in very difficult conditions. They would go out into the fields after the millet harvest and collect whatever was left so they could sell it in the local market to have enough money to purchase school supplies. Kambe is the fourth of five children and only her and her youngest sister attend school. One of her older sisters went to Dakar to work as a domestic helper in order to make money to send home to her family. All of Kambe’s other siblings, except for the youngest, have married and dropped out of school.

Kambe’s mother is very supportive of her daughter’s education and herself takes adult literacy classes through Sisters to School in order to learn to read and support her daughter in school.

Kambe wants to continue her studies after she passes her final high school exam. Her favorite subjects are English and French. Her favorite activities include reading and helping to prepare tea for her family and guests. After years of toiling in the fields, Kambe would like to work in an office upon receiving her college degree.