Our College Grads

OUR COLLEGE GRADUATES

Class of 2019

Fatmata Bangura

Fatmata Bangura received her bachelor’s degree in public health epidemiology from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Fatmata comes from Newton Waterloo, where she lived with her father, mother, sister and five brothers.

Upon graduation, Fatmata was hired as an Operations Supervisor at AFRiLOSOPHY, a beauty, cosmetic and personal care line. Currently, she works as a Field Agent for Catholic Reliefs Service. In a few years, her goal is to start her own business.

Albert Kamara

Albert Kamara received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Albert was born in Kasanikoro Village, where there is no electricity, cars, buildings or hospitals.

Albert works as an Exams Secretary and Lecturer at Canadian College of Modern Technology in Mile 91. His future goal is to become a Finance and Economics Analyst and work at a financial institution.

Aminata Kamara

Aminata Kamara received her bachelor’s degree in public health from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Aminata comes from Port Loko, where she lived with her father, mother and eight siblings.

Aminata works as a Family Planning Agent at Masanga Hospital. Her dream is to “see a world where health is accessible to all.”

Evelyn Kamara

Evelyn Kamara received her bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Evelyn was born in Makeni City. Upon graduation, Evelyn worked as a EU CSO/LA Project Accountant. She currently serves as the EU Covid-19 Project Accountant.

As an entrepreneur, Evelyn started her own nonprofit, which provides mentoring and educational support to less privileged teenage mothers. Evelyn’s future goal is to expand her nonprofit, while pursuing a career in politics to change the dynamics of politics in Sierra Leone.

Hamid Kamara

Hamidu Kamara received his bachelor's degree in public health epidemiology from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Hamidu was born in Ngewamah Mende Village and lived in Makeni City prior to FWB, where he lived with his mother, father, step-mother, and twelve siblings.

Hamidu teaches public health courses as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Makeni. Hamidu plans to pursue a Master's degree in epidemiology in the near future.

Mohamed Kargbo

Mohamed Kargbo received his bachelor's degree in agriculture and food sciences from the University of Makeni in February 2019.

Mohamed was born in Masabong Pil, where he lived with his father, a farmer, and his five siblings. He graduated at the top of his class from the Department of Agriculture.

Mohamed works at the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security. Mohamed’s goal is to become a private agribusiness person.

Nekin Palmer

Nekin Palmer received her bachelor’s degree in development studies from the University of Makeni in February 2019. Nekin comes from a family of 19 - she lived with her mother, father,
step-mother, 3 brothers, sister and 12 step-siblings.

Upon graduation, Nekin was hired as a Researcher for  Innovation for Poverty Action. She now works as a Project Officer at Caritas. She also serves as a Research Associate for 60 Decibles based in Kenya. Nekin also operates her own pepper farm. Her future goal is to start her own social enterprise and create impact on many lives.

Class of 2018

Mubarakatu Fofana

Mubarakatu Fofana received her bachelor’s degree in agriculture and food science technology from the University of Makeni in February 2018. 

Mubarakatu has two brothers and two sisters. Her mother is the breadwinner of the family, who used to make very little money doing petty trading. Because of Families Without Border’s building projects, she was able to start a successful timber business. 

After joining Families Without Borders, Mubarakatu started working for Miro Forestry as a team leader with 39 staff reporting to her.

Joseph Ellie

Joseph Ellie studied business administration and management at the University of Makeni and received his bachelor's degree in February 2018.

Joseph was born in the Moyamba District and is from Magbasha Village. His elderly parents live in the small village together with some of his siblings. 

Joseph works as a credit officer at “A Call to Business Savings and Loans Bank” in Kenema. 

Joseph says that he is “grateful for this opportunity for being a part of this wonderful family.”

Aminata Sankoh

Aminata Sankoh received her bachelor of law in February 2019. Aminata lost her mother to Ebola during her first year at the University. She didn’t have anyone to support her until she connected with Families Without Borders.

She is now working as a legal assistant in the Law Officer's Department, while she is waiting to start her one-year at Sierra Leone Law School in Freetown.

Aminata says that her goal is “to render my legal services to the less fortunate in the community and use my knowledge to help Families Without Borders.”

Jalikatu Kadijatu Sheriff

Jalikatu received her bachelor's degree in public health at the University of Makeni in February 2018. 

Jalikatu was born in 1996 to a single mom struggling to take care of her three children.

Jalikatu works as a data collector for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation at Queen Margaret University. She says that now that she has graduated she plans “to work a few years as a public health officer, save up, and later further my studies in medicine.”

Class of 2017

Mohamed Alie Kamara

Mohamed Alie Kamara studied business administration and management at the University of Makeni. Families Without Borders provided him a full college scholarship, and he graduated in February 2017.

He was born in the Tonkolili District on March 3, 1993. He has four brothers and two sisters, but only three are from the same parents. Mohamed Alie lost his father at the age of 4, during the eleven-year rebel war. At the age of 6, his mother left him in the care of his uncle, who sent him to school for primary education. After primary education, he gained sponsorship from an orphanage program to attend secondary school. Upon his high school graduation he became a volunteer teacher and his dream of continuing his education was just a dream until he found Families Without Borders.

Mohamed Alie was top of his graduating class and prior to his graduation, he secured a job as a marketing representative at Rokel Commercial Bank. A year later, he was promoted to a banking officer, a rare thing in such a short amount of time. His salary was multiplied in less than a year. 

Mohamed says that “with Families Without Borders, there is hope for a brighter future for everyone.”

Christian Kormoh

Christian Kormoh holds a bachelor of law degree from the University of Makeni, graduating in 2017. 

Christian was born in Mobai, which is in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Christian has three siblings. Christian's mother died during the civil war, and his father has been ill since for many years.

Before Families Without Borders, Christian had a sponsor who was a doctor and died of Ebola during the outbreak.

Christian currently attends Sierra Leone Law School for his one-year of study to become a barrister (legal practitioner) by the end of 2019.

Christian says “I am inspired by my brothers and sisters in this organization and will forever be grateful for this chance to empower myself. By faith, some day in the future I will be a proud benefactor of needy children too.”

Class of 2015

Ibrahim Kalokoh  

Ibrahim Kalokoh is Families Without Borders' first graduate. He studied information technology at the University of Makeni and graduated in February 2015. 

Ibrahim is from Makeni, Sierra Leone and has 17 brothers and six sisters from one father and five mothers/stepmothers. His father died in 2006 and his mother has been missing for many years. Before joining the Families Without Borders program, Ibrahim was a driver and he washing cars as a source of income to take care of his younger siblings and himself.

Shortly after his start at the university, he learned to repair computers to earn money to feed his family. In October of 2013, we flew Ibrahim to San Francisco to give him the exposure of technology in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. He visited many small and large tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Citrix, Adobe, Intel, Plug and Play, Tech Shop and some of the smaller IT firms. Ibrahim reported that he was inspired by his trip to do greater work for his community using the knowledge he gained and the connections he built during this visit.

Upon his return to Sierra Leone, he helped Families Without Borders start the first high-speed internet cafe and technology center in Makeni. Ibrahim’s first job after graduation was as the data manager for a human trial of the Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone. The study was managed by FHI and CDC and was a product of Merck Pharmaceutical.

Ibrahim received a full scholarship for a master's degree in software engineering in China and currently lives and studies outside of Beijing.
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