We are truly grateful for your ongoing support that most recently helped support teachers at the Vocational Tailoring Institute.  The teachers had not received a salary in several months and were very thankful for your generous support.   One of the teachers expressed her gratitude in this video saying-

On behalf of the Baptist Tailoring Institute, I want to say a big thank you to Develop Africa for your wonderful support towards our salaries

Your generous ongoing support is empowering small businesses with microfinance loans. These microfinance or microcredit loans give individuals a helping hand to start their businesses or to help them grow their existing businesses. Mariama, a flood and mudslide survivor, recently received a microfinance loan to start her clothing and soft drink business. 

In her video, Mariama expresses her appreciation saying - 

The Dantrimark Preparatory School in Sierra Leone was delighted to receive school supplies thanks to your generous support.  

The proprietress of Dantrimark Preparatory School expressed her gratitude in this video saying

My name is Theresa, proprietress of Dantrimark Preparatory School at the east end of Freetown.

We appreciate your support that is providing long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to families and individuals, like Grace, in Sierra Leone. The WHO World Malaria 2018 Report states

In 2017, there were an estimated 435,000 deaths from malaria globally, compared with 451, 000 estimated deaths in 2016, and 607,000 in 2010.  The WHO African Region accounted for 93% of all malaria deaths in 2017.

We greatly appreciate your continued support of computer skills training in Sierra Leone.  One of the current students, Amos, tells us in this video how he can use Microsoft Word 

Good afternoon, I am Amos and I am a beneficiary of the Develop Africa Sierra Leone Computer Class.  I started attending the class three months back and so far I have benefited a lot from this class.

Your ongoing support is providing solar lights to students in Sierra Leone like Kumba pictured here who has no electricity. Kumba was very thankful for the solar light she received to help her study at night.

We greatly appreciate your support, which is helping young ladies, like Theresa, get their education.  Theresa and her aunt express their deep gratitude for the educational support Theresa has received.  Theresa is now in college pursuing a degree in public health.

In this video, Theresa and her aunt express their gratitude saying 

Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place on August 14, 2017.  Your on-going support continues to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown.   Your support helped Salamatu with a microfinance loan so that she could restart her business that had been destroyed by the Flood.

Salamata expresses her gratitude for the loan in this video saying- 

Your ongoing support is continuing to help reverse deforestation in Freetown, Sierra Leone.     It is a slow process, but reforestation is crucial.  In African Development’s article, “The Land, Agriculture, and Forestry Nexus At the Heart of African Sustainability”, they say,  "How Africa manages its land, agriculture, and forestry is of critical importance to the health of its people, its economy and the world's climate." 

Success Tall Academy in Sierra Leone was delighted to receive school supplies thanks to your generous support.  The students at Success Tall Academy were delighted to receive book bags school supplies.

The school expressed their gratitude in the letter below saying