Birthday: December 4, 2008 Sponsorship #: 2024-00-078M

Welechnaida is a bright sixteen year old from the village of Galette Chambon who lives with her father and three brothers. Her father is a professor in our BGM High School. Although it is great that he has a job that consistently provides income for their family, he only teaches one subject, and he is paid by the number of hours he teaches, so he doesn’t make much. She is proud of her father because he is smart and the other students look up to him. He has done a good job raising Welechnaida and her brothers by himself. Welechnaida has joined a group of young people in the village who meet together once a month to discuss books they have read about their nation’s history, politics, and sociology. She has not gotten to lead a lecture yet, but she has learned so much about being a responsible citizen be participating in this group. She loves watching her classmates lead discussions. Welechnaida’s favorite subject is French because it is the language of the educated. She feels smart when she can speak and write in French. When she grows up she wants to become a nurse or study Communications and Journalism.