One of the ways educational support is provided to young ladies is through vocational training.  This provides crucial training in marketable skills, which are vital for poverty reduction, economic recovery, and sustainable development.  

Your generous support is continuing to help provide microfinance loans, which helps small businesses like Fatmata's, which sells toiletries. The goal of microfinance loans is to provide parents/guardians with the ability to support their families.  Your support has helped her purchase extra merchandise including clothing and additional toiletries to sell to better support her family.  

Thanks to your ongoing support multiple vocational trainees, like Mariatu, are getting the training they need to empower themselves and become self-reliant because of your support.  

Mariatu is a current vocational trainee and expresses why this opportunity to receive this training is important to her saying

Your support is greatly appreciated as it continues to make an impact on the future leaders in Sierra Leone. One of the students your support is helping is Didi.  He is going to carpentry school to become a carpenter in Freetown.  Didi was delighted to receive new carpentry tools thanks to your support.  He sent a video of appreciation saying-

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

Hawa is a current vocational trainee and expresses why this opportunity to receive this training is important to her in this video- 

Your generous support is continuing to provide microfinance loans even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your support is helping mothers set up small businesses that will empower them to take care of the basic needs of their children. 

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 ongoing support is greatly appreciated and is making a difference for students and teachers at the Baptist Vocational Training School. One of the teachers, Kumba tells us in this video how much your continued support means to her. 

We are truly grateful for every donation and supporter of these young ladies, like Kadija, in Freetown. Your support has made a lasting impact on Kadija's life. She became pregnant during the Ebola crisis and had to drop out of school, but because of generous donors like YOU, she was able to start vocational training.   She tells us about her journey in this video-

Hello, my name is Kadija, I’m a student at the Baptist Vocational training center.

As with many other areas around the world, social distancing and masks have become the new normal in Sierra Leone.  

Adama tells us in her video how she is able to attend the Vocational School thanks to the financial support she received. We also have the opportunity to learn how training is different right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic.