Mannaseh Lubasi

Mannaseh is a 5 year old girl who lives with her mother and two siblings. Her parents are divorced, and her father remarried. She doesn’t know her father because he left her mother when she was pregnant. He doesn’t visit, and he is not active in her life. Mannaseh’s mother is the primary caretaker and provider of Mannaseh and her siblings by selling charcoal for a living.

Mannaseh is the second born in a family of three children. She has one older brother, Stumbeko, who is 8 years old, and she has one younger brother, Thando, who is 4 months old, but has a different father.

Mannaseh loves playing dodgeball, and her favorite color is pink. Her favorite meal is nshima with eggs. Mannaseh can’t wait to begin her educational journey. She is excited to learn to read and meet new friends. She wants to be a nurse when she grows up so that she can help the sick.