Born: Apr 04, 1996 Grade: 3 Favorite Subject: Drawing Health: Good Favorite Play: Jumping Games Gender: Girl Chores: Helps With Mother Country: Sri Lanka Gayanthika D lives with her parents and 2 sisters. Her parents struggle to provide for the family. Her father is a farmer and her mother is a subsistence farmer. Despite their efforts, it is difficult to meet the family's needs. Gayanthika D is growing up in a poor community in the beautiful country of Sri Lanka. A typical home there is constructed with bricks and metal sheets. Families survive primarily on a diet of rice and curry. The climate is moderate with little variation between summer and winter in this mountainous region. Gayanthika D is in primary school and she enjoys drawing. She helps at home by working with mother doing household tasks. She likes to play jumping games. She is in good health.

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Born: Nov 27, 1996 Grade: 1 Favorite Subject: Local Language Health: Satisfactory Favorite Play: Ball Games Gender: Girl Chores: Gathers Firewood Country: Rwanda Vestine lives with her grandmother and 1 sister. Her grandmother struggles to provide for the family. Vestine and her family live in a community severely affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. In some communities, AIDS affects the entire social structure as a generation of hardworking adults is being wiped out. Frightened children and exhausted grandparents rarely have money for food, school, or medical care. Through sponsorship, she and her family receives help with these and other basic needs. Vestine is in primary school and she enjoys studying the native language. She helps at home by gathering firewood. She likes to play ball games. She is in satisfactory health.