News - Desert Flower Foundation

Mary is saved by DFF

My granddaughter is saved! Thank you Desert Flower Foundation!

Mary S. Taylor – our little Desert Flower

Dear Desert Flower Foundation team,

First of all I’d like to send a big thank you to all of you from Newton in Sierra Leone! There are no words that could express my gratitude for your help. Thanks to your support my granddaughter, Mary S. Taylor won’t be cut and has an opportunity to develop normally.

Mary is eleven years old and attends the sixth class at St. Francis Elementary School. She is a good student and also commits herself to many artistic events. Mary likes drawing very much and has a great talent for it. She can relax while drawing. And relaxing is exactly what my granddaughter needs, because she has really been through a lot in her short life.

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The Desert Calling!

An interview with Waris Dirie

“Afrostyle Magazine” recently published an interview with Waris Dirie.

Read the whole interview here.

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Aminata from Sierra Leone

Mother from Sierra Leone adopted daughter of her sick sister!

Aminata with her daughters, Jebbeh (left) und Mary (right) at the market

Dear Desert Flower Foundation,

My name is Aminata Juana and I run a small market stall. I live with my children in Freetown in Sierra Leone. Since I was abandoned by my husband when I was in the second month of pregnancy, I am now a single mother and have two daughters. One of them is Mary who is my own child and the second one is Jebbeh – my adopted daughter.

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Greetings from Safa

Safa - The fighter

Safa – our fighter with her little sister Khadija

I am very happy about my little sister and I will fight for her. She will never be cut!

LOVE from Djibouti
Safa

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Khadija is born

Safa’s joy at her newborn sister

“I am very proud of my little sister and love her so much!” – Safa

Dear Desert Flower Foundation,

I would like to share my joy with you! We have a new family member. My mother gave birth to my little sister Khadija just a few days ago. This little Desert Flower is healthy and cheerful. She does nothing but sleep and eat. Sometimes she also cries, but then my mother takes her in her arms and she is calm again.

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