By Suzanne Plopper | Program manager
The school year has ended and as always, a larger percentage of students of the Lycee Modern de l'Amitie (LMA) have passed their year-end exams than is true for their colleagues in the region and nationally. Association NEEED, the LMA, and especially the students have much to be proud of.
One of the students is Aramatou. She tells her story: I was born in Ouahigouya (near where the middle/secondary school is located). I spent my early years in Ivory Coast where my parents found work. When the war began in Ivory Coast in 2002, my father died, my mother was pregnant and we returned to Burkina. Following the birth of my younger brother, my mother left us with an uncle and she returned to Ivory Coast.
I have been a student at the Lycee Modern de l’Amitie (combined middle/secondary school for girls) for four years. The lycee is nine kilometers from my village. Fortunately for me and for other students of the lycee, we are able to stay at school and have something to eat over the midday break, and to study our lessons.
I have two more years of secondary school to complete, after which I hope to study medicine and help to treat people who are sick, especially those with malaria which has many victims every year.
My sincere thanks to everyone who has sacrificed to support our school canteen.
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