Last year we shared with you a story about Aminata, who is the House Manager of the Aberdeen Women's Centre Hostel Girls programme. This is her pupil, another talented Aminata who graduated from the Dream Team Program. We're so grateful that with your support, girls like here who are committed and hard-working can become a role model for the other young mothers.
Read more about her story here
Aminata was a 2018 alum of Aberdeen Women’s Centre (AWC)’s Hostel Girls Programme, which trains vulnerable young mothers in hospitality and provides health education, literacy, and numeracy classes. In addition to these classes, every Hostel Girl receives psychosocial counselling and support.
Before Aminata joined the Hostel Girls Program, her mother passed away. She went to live with her Aunty, who agreed to help her raise money for her schooling by selling water. Every day Aminata and her Aunt sold water on the streets of Freetown so that she might be able to attend school.
While selling water, she met a man and later became pregnant with his child. The man denied that he was the father and abandoned Aminata and her baby.
While pregnant Aminata heard of AWC’s free maternal care, she booked to deliver her baby in AWC’s Maternity ward. After recovering from delivery, Aminata was encouraged to join the Hostel Girls Programme, where she learned the in’s and out’s of the hospitality sector.
Aminata was such an impressive and dedicated student that after graduating from the program, AWC asked her to join its Domestics department. Today, Aminata is a vital member of the domestics department and a beloved member of the AWC family.
“Meeting the right helpers changes someone’s life for good. I feel proud to be a model for other young girls. God constantly reward AWC.”
Thanks @freedomfromfistula for sharing Aminata's successful story.
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