Thank you for your continued support that helped ship 4 drums of school supplies to Bitame Lucia International School (BLIS). The students and staff were so thankful for the school supplies. The manager, headteacher, and students expressed their gratitude in this video saying-

We greatly appreciate your support, which is helping young ladies get their education like Elizabeth and Hannah. These are only two of the girls that your support has directly impacted.   Elizabeth is finishing her first year in Senior Secondary School (SSS1). She loves going to school and would like to become a journalist. Hannah is finishing class 4 this year. She loves dancing and going to school. 

Your support helped ship these much-needed supplies to future leaders in Freetown, Sierra Leone this past month.  During the course of the distribution a total number of 82 kids from 5 different schools received school supplies:

26 kids from the UMC Primary School Calaba Town
20 from FAWE Primary School
11 from the New Life Kings Kids Preparatory School
15 from the Stella Maris Primary School- Juba
10 from Lisam Primary - Juba  

Your support helped provide the children at Golden Eagle Christian Academy in Liberia with much-needed school supplies. The children and staff were delighted to receive school supplies. 

The head of staff said-

Thanks to Develop Africa for putting smiles on the faces of the kids of the Golden Eagles Christian Academy with the wonderful surprise gift of school supplies. We faithfully distributed all the items to all the students.

Thank you for your continued support that is making an impact for Autism therapy in Senegal.  Below is from the Dakar Team about their activities in April, which is Autism Awareness month.

Hello readers and supporters, 

April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance month. In April (just as during all other months of the year!), we really focus on sending messages of awareness and inclusion to those we reach. As awareness in Senegal is generally low, we decided to focus on goals broader than treatment and therapy. 

How do you study at night?  That's probably a silly question, you turn on your light...right? Well in Sierra Leone it is not that easy,  only about 20%  have access to electricity.  BUT, thanks to your generosity we are working on bringing solar light to students in Sierra Leone, like Calvin pictured above.  Solar lights give Calvin and other students the ability to study at night even though they don't have electricity.

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that is making a difference for future Liberian leaders like Moses.  Your support helped cover all Moses’s school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.  

At home, Moses helps his mother bake bread.  He also loves to play soccer with his brother and sister and with friends in the community.  Moses enjoys going to school, his favorite things at school are drawing and playing soccer.

We greatly appreciate your support for future Sierra Leone leader, Mattia.  Your support helped cover his school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.   Mattia was very thankful for the support he received as he continues to work toward his goal of becoming an engineer.

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that is making a difference for future Sierra Leone leaders like David.  Your support helped cover David’s school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.   David was very thankful for the support.

We greatly appreciate your educational support for future leaders and twins, Isatu & Konnie.   Your support helped cover some of their school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.

Isatu and Konnie were both very thankful for the support they received.    Konnie would like to be a teacher when she finishes her education & Isatu would like to be a nurse when she completes her education.