Through your support, Mary has received some of the funding she needs to advance her education. We are so very grateful for your support that is getting Mary closer to her goal of going to college and study Economics. We are excited about the future that is in store for her.
She is in the process of retaking her high school exams. In her video, she expresses her gratitude -
Even today fewer opportunities and options are provided to girls/women in Sierra Leone. While this is a global issue, the impact of this is crippling to the destinies of girls in Sierra Leone. Imagine having to drop out of school so your brother can continue. Imagine not getting all the supplies that you need to be successful in school. We could go on and on ...and on.
You can also imagine the questions that run through the minds of the girls. You can also almost hear their silent cries for help and for a chance to further their education.
Thanks in part to YOUR support, the school year ended great. Below is a report from the school.
Registration period for the 2017-2018 school year was from August 8th, 2017 through August 31st, 2017; and classes started on Monday, September 4, 2017. Currently, there are 110 pupils enrolled at the school. The school’s administrators are planning an ‘increased enrollment’ drive in February for the 2018-2019 school year which will begin in September 2018.
Thank you for your support that has enabled us to recently provide solar lights to students in Bo, Makeni, Freetown and Kamawone village. Most of these students have no electricity and previously had to rely on dangerous kerosene lamps to study at night. The students were each very appreciative to receive a solar light.
The students at Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School (BLIS) are enjoying school thanks to your ongoing support that has provided school supplies, books, and scholarships for them.
Since school reopened, the older students are enjoying playing sports and excitedly learning in school. The nursery students love playing, exercising on the playground and also learning in their classrooms. The kids are so grateful for the opportunity to learn and prepare themselves for a bright future.
Thanks in part to your ongoing support, more future leaders received scholarships for this school year. A total of 51 students received scholarships to go to school this year. There were 23 students in primary school and 28 students in secondary school that received scholarships for school.
Sravya is a high school student in NC who collected 24 boxes / over 300 pounds of 'gently-used' school supplies to help educate kids in Africa.
She started a non-profit organization named 'Project S.A.I.L.' - Student Alliance For International Literacy – http://www.ProjectSAIL.org - to conduct several drives in her area to collect educational materials.
Thanks in part to your generous donations we were able to give 16 young ladies scholarships for school this year in Freetown.
The parents of the young ladies receiving scholarships were so thankful for the scholarships. The scholarships "made the impossible possible ". The families would not have been able to afford to send these girls to school without the scholarships.
Pictured below is Konnie holding her scholarship envelope with a smile of appreciation. She has just started JSS2 and hopes to be a teacher in the future.
Make a Difference Today: Donate to the Year of the Pencil Campaign
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.
👉 Help provide pencils by donating today!
