Amadou's Profile

Amadou Bailo Diallo was born in Liberia on September 2, 1975. He was the eldest of four children born to Kadiatou Diallo and Amadou Saikou Diallo. He has one sister, Laouratou Diallo 22, two brothers, Ibrahim 19 and Abdoul Diallo 17.

Amadou grew up in Liberia, Guinea, Togo and Thailand. He was a well rounded child. He loved to read and as he grew older his desire to become educated and to go to college became of paramount importance to him. He also enjoyed the physical challenge of sports, playing soccer as well as basketball.

Prior to leaving for the United States in September, 1996, he had traveled to many different countries with his family as well as on his own. In addition to Guinea, Liberia, Togo and Thailand, he had traveled to France, Asia and Japan. He attended the International School in Thailand then The Computer Institute in Singapore, which is an affiliate of The Cambridge University of England. He was fluent in Fulani, the native language of Guinea, as well as English, French, Spanish and Thai.

As a young man he continually encouraged his younger brothers and sister to obtain an education, for he firmly believed that an education enabled anyone to achieve anything desired.

In September, 1996 Amadou departed for the United States seeking the opportunity to further his education. His dream was to become educated in the field of computer science and thereafter to return home and assume his place as eldest son and head of his family. On leaving Guinea he told his mother "You have worked so hard and struggled so long to take care of our family, I must become a success so I can take over and you may rest".

The ultimate goal of the Foundation is to insure that Amadou's dream will be realized by other young people, so that although he is gone, his dream will survive and his memory, who he was and what he stood for, will be forever green.