Meet Stacy

Stacy and her family live in a rented house on a compound with three other households, all sharing a borehole, and toilet facilities. She prepares meals for her family using a small charcoal oven, and when they cannot afford the charcoal they use small sticks to burn instead. The family have an old worn mattress. The inside walls of the house are covered with polythene to keep the rain off during the rainy season. A bed sheet which hangs in the middle of the room separates the living and cooking area from the sleeping area. Stacy’s parents are both casual labourers who rely on their daily earnings to meet their basic needs, but this is difficult.

With the support that comes through sponsorship in the Stand by Me programme, Stacy will have access to a good education, quality meals, material support and many other blessings. 

Stacy is a very confident girl, but a girl of few words. She and her older sister are best friends, and they look out for each other and enjoy playing together. She also likes pretending to be a teacher and says that when she grows up, she would like to become one.