Emmanuel is a 13 yr old student at Balama Elementary. He works long hours in the fields and is unable to read without light when he comes home at night. He made his own make shift light out of bamboo and batteries just so he could continue to read and learn.
"Before Emmanuel came to Balama School, he thought his life would end up like his parents who live by subsistence farming with no hope of breaking the cycle of poverty,” said Jesse Togba-Doya, Director of the Balama Development Alliance. This school has introduced ideas, thoughts and desires for these children to have a future.

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