Bintu kamara was born on the 3rd  of October, 2003. She is almost 7  years old with six brothers and sisters. The father died in November 2006 in Kono. He was a laborer in the diamond mining area but later forced out of Kono in Sierra Leone by the rebels and went to the  neighboring country of Guinea were he and the wife stayed together in a refugee camp. It was during that time at the refugee camp they gave birth to Bintu.

The father started getting ill in the refugee camp and was later brought back to Kono for further treatment but it was too late and he passed away.

The mother who is a petty trader and also a gardener is unable to take care of her children. Bintu was brought to Freetown by one of her aunts who was looking for an orphanage to take care of Bintu. They showed up at our doorstep...This picture was taken of her right outside the gate...she had traveled all the way...barefoot.