Blogs

A Sustainable Africa – Power, People, Planet
Technology & Education, Economic Topics & Microfinance, Miscellaneous Apr 30, 2016
Although African nations do not have nearly as many factories, cars and farms as more industrially developed nations like the US and China, climate change impacts Africa potentially more than any other continent on Earth. In fact, according to… Read More
Diabetes: Rising in The Gambia and Beyond
Disease & Disaster, Miscellaneous Apr 22, 2016
Living in a fast-food-filled Western society, diabetes isn’t necessarily a condition that one would immediately correlate with African nations. Surprisingly, diabetes is “on the rise everywhere and now most common in developing countries”… Read More
One Solar Light Can Brighten a Child's Future
Technology & Education Apr 16, 2016
Scientists are busy working on solutions to large problems that need to be solved for the benefit of nations around the world. In the meantime, there are many equally important, small-scale problems facing the people and villages of many small… Read More
Advance the Future of Sierra Leone with Computers
Technology & Education, Children in Africa Apr 05, 2016
Government policies in Sierra Leone that exclude pregnant girls from attending school are short-sighted. Supporters of these policies do not seem to recognize the long-term effects of their decisions on the economy and society as a whole – an… Read More
An Uncertain Future for Three Pregnant Girls in West Africa
Children in Africa, Women Empowerment & Gender Equality Mar 30, 2016
Imagine three pregnant girls with no job skills who have been abandoned with little hope for the future. They wander aimlessly without food, shelter, or purpose. After their babies are born, how will they each support their newborn baby? Fatuma:… Read More
Concerns Mount as Ebola Contact Count Rises
Disease & Disaster Mar 26, 2016
Health authorities have responded to last week’s Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) flare-up in Guinea by working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies to identify people who have been in contact with the recent victims. Additionally,… Read More
School Supplies Fill Rwanda’s Classrooms
Children in Africa Mar 11, 2016
Not long ago, a group of sixth-grade students in Wisconsin was learning about the Rwandan Genocide. They learned that approximately 800,000 people lost their lives during one hundred days of slaughter.[1] These children were learning about a… Read More
Technology’s Impact on the African Poor
Technology & Education Mar 06, 2016
Technology has transcended poverty, race and economic conditions to become a driving force in the lives of people across the world. More people around the world now have access to the internet and mobile phones. As technology increases, the… Read More
Women’s Gold Grows on Trees
Women Empowerment & Gender Equality Mar 02, 2016
A treasure is growing wild in Ghana—it is the fruit from the shea nut tree. Industrious women produce highly sought-after shea butter by grinding shea nuts (the pit of the shea fruit). Villagers have long been using shea butter to help relieve dry… Read More
Progress is a Circular Endeavor
Economic Topics & Microfinance Feb 27, 2016
Seventy-five percent of Sierra Leone citizens are employed by agriculture, and this sector accounted for nearly half of the country’s GDP according to a 2012 report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (Johnson, Johnson,… Read More

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On November 20th, this movement placed over 100,000 pencils into the hands 

of children across Sierra Leone in 20 schools.

Each pencil tells a story — of hope, opportunity, and possibility. 

Education is more than lessons — it’s liberation.

Every $25 helps children write their dreams. 

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