Your ongoing support is currently helping 30 students get the computer training they need.  As technology becomes a mainstay in the private and public sectors, most decent paying jobs require proficiency in computers and thanks to your ongoing support the computer lab is continuing to help more youths become computer proficient. 

Thanks to your ongoing support, more young women are getting their education.  Konnie and Janet received scholarships and are both very thankful for the support they received for school this year.

Konnie is finishing her second year of Junior Secondary School (JSS2) this spring and hopes to become a teacher when she completes her education.

Janet is finishing her 6th grade (class 6) year this spring and hopes to become a nurse when she grows up.

Last Monday, May 21, Develop Africa shipped out from Tennessee to Sierra Leone 21 drums, stuffed full, with a wide range of school supplies. This shipment is part of Develop Africa’s on-going commitment to supporting the education of children in Africa. These supplies will enable and reinforce learning. They will be distributed free to kids and schools in Sierra Leone. The supplies were donated by a wide range of individuals, groups, schools, organizations, and companies globally – sent to Develop Africa’s office in Tennessee.

Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place on August 14, 2017.  We are deeply grateful for your on-going support that is enabling us to continue to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown. 

Your continued support is empowering small businesses. Our microfinance or microcredit loans give individuals a helping hand to get their businesses going or to help them grow their existing businesses.   Katimu is one of the small business owners that recently benefited from a microfinance loan.  

In this video, she expresses her gratitude for the microfinance loan that will help her start her business.

Your continued support is enabling students, like Saffie and Mohamed, to complete their education. Saffie received financial support and school supplies for class 5 (or 5th grade).  She enjoys social studies and hopes to become a nurse when she grows up.   Mohamed, who is also in class 5,  received financial support and school supplies for this school year as well.  His favorite subject is mathematics and he hopes to become a teacher when he grows up. 

Thanks so much for your support which helped us purchase the Rasberry Pi 3 computers.  You can see some of the computers and one of them in operation in the included photos.

We are in the process of doing some software updates before shipping them out. This will include some software from the Web Unplugged site - http://oer2go.org.  

We are extremely grateful to two volunteers who have worked on this project. They have been amazing.

Thank you for your support in our ongoing efforts to reverse deforestation in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is currently the dry season in Freetown so the next set of seedlings will not be planted until mid-May. We have targeted areas that can be seen in the photos below.

Your support has helped Sarah grow her business. With the microfinance loan she received, she is now selling fast food and is supporting her family.  In the video, she tells us

Hi, my name is Sarah and I am one of the beneficiaries of Develop Africa microfinance loan. I have been part of the scheme for one year now. I was in the provision business, but I changed to fast food  because it is growing faster than the coal and provision business

Many families live in extreme poverty in Freetown.  Thanks to your support Marion, a struggling young mom, was provided with a range of items including two dozen eggs, two boxes of cornflakes, a tin of Ovaltine, sugar, two rolls of milk and some funds to cover other needs such as rice.