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Sudan's feeding supervisor

Husam is a smart and ambitious young man, he is the youngest one in his family which consists of four members, his mother, sister, and brother. His elder sister is married and lives in another state, his elder brother works as a consul assistant at the Sudanese embassy in Saudi Arabia. Husam wakes up early to complete his prayer, drinks his tea and leaves to work in the stockyards, he lives at the company accommodation. He works as a “feeding supervisor” at the farm.

Husam, born in 27/9/1996, grew up in an average conditioned house, it had access to both electricity and water supplies, his father passed away when he was 8 years old, he used to work privately as an electrician. When he passed away, he left the family without steady income. He did not receive any after-service benefit or have any savings. This affected their economic situation, his elder sister at the time was studying at secondary School, his brother was in his final year of primary school which lead to secondary school, Husam was in class two, they were extremely young and in need of their father’s care.

The life of this family was not easy they suffered from a lot of complications, first his mother was a housewife without steady income which led to her having to sell half of their house to be able to cover her children needs (food, education, health etc.). She used to work day and night as a tailor. She used to sew local dresses and sell them at the local market, but they were priced low to cover all the family expenses. At that time Husam was also suffering from chest allergies and the doctor suspected a heart problem.

Sponsorship intervention improved the situation of the family, and supported them with different issues, also his mother started working at the kindergarten.

Years later, Husam and his brother have obtained excellent degrees in school making their mother extremely proud. Also, to forget the life suffering, when Husam attended secondary school, he made sure to get excellent grades so that could sit for the Sudanese state exam. After passing he get approval to enrol at Khartoum University, Faculty of Animal Production. Husam graduated with honour in Animal production. After graduating the first thing he did was visit the IRW office to thank them for sponsoring him and for their kind support. He believes that the sponsorship can change another child’s life as much as it changed his.

Now the life of the family has become better after Husam and his brother got excellent jobs. Husam trained inhouse at his company and they accepted him as new employee. He has risen through three positions within the farm he works at.

Now he is working as a feeding supervisor at one of the largest food company in Khartoum. They moved to new house. IRW sponsorship has empowered the family and help Husam in education and his mother with health care and medication.

Husam and his family are so thankful and appreciate the sponsor for their kind support. They ask Allah to give health and happiness to the sponsor and ask that he rewards them Janat Elkhuld.