The Coronavirus AKA COVID-19 continues to disrupt lives and education globally.   Through your ongoing support young ladies are getting their education through radio lessons at home due to school closures.  Your support helped twin sisters, Isatu and Konnie, get the radios they need to continue their education until schools reopen.

Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated and is helping girls get their education at the FAWE Girls School. This school year FAWE has 40 girls (ages 8-11 years) from classes 4,5 and 6 taking computer classes. These girls are excited and eager to learn and are thankful for the opportunity. 

We greatly appreciate your support for future Sierra Leone leader, Stacy.  Your support helped cover her school-related expenses including- uniforms, books, school supplies, school fees, and related costs. Funds also helped cover school lunch, transportation costs to school - bus fare. Stacy is very thankful for the support she received to continue her education.

Your support has made a lasting impact on Mbalu's life. We are excited to share her success story with you.   She tells us in her own words how much your support has helped her saying-

Education is the only way out of poverty for people like us coming from low-income backgrounds.

Thanks to your support, a new set of girls at the FAWE school excitedly started classes this fall. 

Classes started with the introduction to computers including the following topics (definition of computer, functions of a computer, computer components, which include hardware and software, input and output devices, examples of input and output devices, the central processing unit (CPU), primary and secondary Memory, Software types, System Software, Application Software, Unit of measurement, Storage measurement and Computer Classification).

We greatly appreciate your support for future Sierra Leone leader, Theresa.  Theresa expressed in her own words how she is doing and what your support means to her-

I am Theresa, a beneficiary of Develop Africa/ Creating Pathways Center. When I gained admission to study BSc. Public Health at the University of Makeni Sierra Leone, it became challenging financially. Nevertheless, Develop Africa always supports me and thanks to you I am a final year student.

After the Ebola Epidemic, Develop Africa Sierra Leone set up a Tailoring Training Center for young ladies with the objective of helping young girls to learn sewing skills, empower themselves and become self-reliant. Your ongoing support has helped multiple vocational trainees get the training they need to be self-reliant.  Mabinty tells us in this video how vocational training has helped her. 

We greatly appreciate your generous support that is empowering small businesses in Sierra Leone with interest-free microfinance loans. These microfinance or microcredit loans give individuals a helping hand to start their businesses or to help them grow their existing businesses. This helps parents set up small businesses that will empower them to take care of the basic needs of their homes and children.

Through your ongoing support young ladies, like Samuella and Joy, are getting their education.  They tell us in this video what education means to them saying-