Race against time

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B intu's story

Bintu, 11, is from Sierra Leone in west Africa. For a long time, different groups fought in a civil war in her country. One day, rebel soldiers came to the village where she lived. They burned her home and attacked her family. Bintu was shot in the foot but she managed to run away to safety.

Bintu is now a displaced person. She lives in a camp set up especially for people like her with nowhere to go. Life is not great there. She misses her home, friends and family, and she doesn't live in a proper house. She couldn't go to school for two years because there wasn't one in the camp.

But after receiving some counselling from caring adults trained to help her she is beginning to feel better. New friends join her on her mile-long walk to Murraytown primary school each day. She is top of the class!

The war is now over. Bintu has always wanted to be a teacher. Hopefully, she will be able to go back home soon and return to a normal life.

A?4U For many years there was a civil war in Bintu's country. Find out what a civil war is.

Christian Aid/Clive Shirley

Bintu walking to school with some friends




Christian Aid/Clive Shirley

Bintu at school