Thanks to your support, more students in Nigeria are getting the education they need through our partner organization in Nigeria, S.M.I.L.E.   One of the students who has benefited from S.M.I.L.E is Lekan who tells us in his own words how the support he has received is life-changing and how it is helping him have a bright future.

We greatly appreciate your support that has helped to provide more students with solar lights. One of the students that recently received a solar light is Salamatu.  Salamatu is grateful to be able to read and study at night with her new solar light.  She enjoys going to school and says math is her favorite subject. Salamatu would like to be 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.

Thanks in part to your donations, we were able to ship four drums full of much-needed school supplies to children in Liberia. The average classroom in Liberia does not have adequate school supplies and the four drums they received will boost and support education. These supplies will elevate the quality of education and learning in schools. Your support helped us send these supplies to the children in Liberia that desperately needed them. 

Thanks in part to your generous donations the students at Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School (BLIS) have had a very enjoyable second half of their school year.  

On March 28, the secondary school students had their first ever social. There were lots of activities including sugar race, bag race, blind shooting, relay running, singing, dancing and ballet. The day ended with awards for the winners and light refreshments.

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. 

Poverty prevents millions of Nigerian youths from going to college. Thanks to your generous support a scholarship was awarded to Chiamaka through our partner organization in Nigeria, S.M.I.L.E. 

She tells us in her own words how much this scholarship meant to her.

Thanks in part to your support 30 students received school supplies at the UMC Primary School George Brook Dwarzark.  You can see photos in the album here.

Thanks in part to your ongoing support, the staff and students were able to move into their new school building in January. A week prior to the opening of the new building, the principal, teachers and other staff members transported and unpacked supplies at the school.  It was a time of sheer excitement for all involved.  During the first week of classes at the new school, the pupils drew their favorite pictures on the classroom walls as seen in the photo album