Please meet Anointed Robinson, a 9-year-old, third grade student at Hope International.
Anointed and her family welcomed us into their home to share a typical day. We invite you, and students in your world, to look through the photos, read the captions, and get to know the life of Anointed who represents the nearly 1500 students of Hope International.
Thank you for your support in creating the opportunity for Anointed to attend school and receive educational opportunities that would not likely otherwise be available to her.
Anointed shares a house with her parents and 14 other family members (including aunts and cousins) in Bassa Town Community, Gardnersville. About a 20-minute walk from the school campus.
She begins her day at 6 in the morning by helping her mom wash dishes.
After morning chores, Anointed readies her uniform and shares a breakfast with her little sister, Blessing.
She and Blessing begin their walk to school joined along the way with friends and classmates from other neighborhoods.
Anointed spends her day working hard along with her other third grade classmates. Her teacher's name is Ms. Cheachea.
During recess period, Anointed plays with her sister and friends. They pool their money together to share a bowl of food.
Elementary students are dismissed at 1:55. Anointed walks back home alongside her sister and friends.
Once home, she changes out of her uniform, snuggles her niece, begins afternoon chores, and helps with dinner preparation. The food is cooked outside over coals.
While spending time with family, Anointed's mother plaits her hair in preparation for the remaining days of the week.
After dinner and family time, she begins her homework.
Finally, after chores, cooking, dinner, and homework, she has a chance to play. Many games are played with found items (notice the bottlecaps?). So much joy and laughter.
Anointed ends her day warming water over coals to take a bath. She gets on her nightclothes then heads to bed, which she shares with other kids in the family. She goes to sleep early so she can be up bright and early for the next day.
Thank you to Anointed and her family and to all of you for the beauty and possibility that happens together in this Community of Hope.