Thanks to your ongoing support multiple vocational trainees, like Kadija, are getting the training they need to empower themselves and become self-reliant, even now during COVID-19 because of your support.  

Kadija is a current vocational trainee and expresses her gratitude for the opportunity to receive this training in her video saying- 

Your support is helping young ladies like Elizabeth, get their education.  Elizabeth received a calculator to help her with her academic work and she expressed her thanks in this video saying-   

Your support is helping young ladies like Agnes, get their education.  Agnes received school supplies, protective masks, and all her school fees for this year thanks in part to YOU.  

Agnes is so thankful for your generous support that is making it possible for her to attend her first year of Senior Secondary School. Agnes hopes to become a banker when she grows up so she can help improve the economy.  She expresses her gratitude in this video- 

Roseline has been receiving support for her education for 10 years thanks to YOU.  She tells us in her video about her future dreams thanks to the educational support you have provided her.

Hi, my name is Roseline. I live in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  I've been part of the Develop Africa Sponsorship program for the past 10 years since I was in grade 4. I've completed high school and am ready to enter the University.

Your support is helping young ladies like Samuella, get their education.  Samuella received school supplies, protective masks, and all her school fees for this year thanks in part to your generous support.  

Samuella is so thankful for your generous support that is making school possible for her this year. She is in her third year of junior secondary school or JSS3. Her favorite subject is English and she enjoys watching movies when she has time.  Her dream is to become a lawyer and fight for justice for the less fortunate people.

Kadiatu is in year 2 of Junior High School. She dreams of becoming a nurse in the future, she has a heart full of compassion and loves taking care of sick people. 

She had to stop going to school this year because she had an unplanned pregnancy – a baby boy. She thankfully has recently returned to school and excitedly making progress.

Your support helped to ship the school supplies that she received. Thank you so much for bringing light and hope.

Sunday, October 11, 2020, is the International Day of the Girl Child.  UNICEF's annual campaign is “My voice, our equal future” for 2020.

As adolescent girls worldwide assert their power as change-makers, International Day of the Girl 2020 focuses on their demands to: 

Today we wanted to share with you a heart-warming update on Thomasia.

We are overwhelmed to see how far Thomasia has come.  

2010: When I met her over 10 years ago, she was a little girl.  You can see a thank you video from her that was uploaded to youtube in 2010 - 10 years ago 

Your support is making a difference for young ladies like Mariama in getting their education.  Mariama is a passionate young lady who lives with her parents and three siblings in a concrete house.   She helps her mom with household chores and her younger siblings.    Mariama enjoys reading, studying, and going to school.  She is starting her first year of senior secondary school this school year and hopes to become a teacher when she completes school.   Mariama is very thankful for the educational support she has received.

We greatly appreciate your support, which is helping young ladies, like Roseline, get their education. Roseline is looking forward to going back to school and is very thankful for the support she has received so that she can continue her education.

Roseline is in her second year of high school called Senior Secondary School Two (SSS2). She enjoys reading, music, and cooking.  Her favorite subject is science and she hopes to become a lawyer when she grows up so she can help fight for justice in her society.