Center Rwenjiri Center

Age 9

First Name Mariam

Last Name Orishaba

Date Of Birth 2015-11-20

Gender Female

Favorite Subject Mathematics

Favorite Activity Skipping rope

Favorite Color Pink

I am the 5th born and only female in my family.  I live with my older brother and his wife for my mother abandoned the family leaving us children under the care of her first born son.  My brother and his wife are a young couple, are peasant farmers, growing crops on hired land.  Him and his wife have 3 children of their own and i are struggling to cope with caring for us his siblings.  He needs a lot of emotional and financial support to protect us and also ensure that I go to school.