Birthday: September 24, 2011 Sponsorship #: 2024-00-060S  

Lovemaylie is a determined young thirteen year old from the village of Galette Chambon who lives with her mother, four sisters, and one brother. Her mother does not have any source of income besides the generosity of neighbors. She tries to make money washing clothes for people that live nearby, but not many people have the luxury of letting someone else wash for them. Lovemaylie and her family used to live in another village where her mother was able to work more, but the gang drove them from their home and they fled to Galette Chambon. A few months after they settled in Galette Chambon, the gang attacked there too. Her Lovemaylie and her mother and sisters have been traumatized by he violence that they have had to flee from for several years now. It has practically paralyzed her mother who is terrified to venture very far from the small, one room, mud hut that they live in now. Lovemaylie would like to be able to get back into school so she can try to focus on her future instead of her past. She has not been able to school for three years now, but she is very smart and when she tested to get into the sponsor program so that the school would know what grade to put her in, she tested on the 6th grade level which isn’t bad for being out of school three years. Lovemaylie enjoys hanging out with her sisters and taking care of her baby brother. Her favorite subject is Creole, and when she grows up, she wants to become a nurse.