My name is Usher Renu Olivera Sanca. I am seven years old and I am in the first grade at Ponta Nova Primary School in Ponta Nova village in Guinea Bissau. I live with my cousins and my Grandma Nene. I came to live with her two years ago. At that time I couldn’t walk, I could only crawl. My grandma helped me to walk. Now I go to school like everybody else. I like learning to read and write. When I grow up I want to work in the fields—or maybe I will be a driver.
Schools for Africa Usher’s story 5