Your support has brought smiles to the faces of the girls at Hope Academy Secondary School in York, an all-girls institution. Through your generosity, they have received essential school bags and supplies that will significantly enhance their educational journey.

Isatu, a Hope Academy student, took a moment to express her heartfelt gratitude in a video message:

A parent named Ibarray, from Kamawornie Village, has conveyed her appreciation to Develop Africa for the supplementary classes organized for the children, including her daughter Marie, after regular school hours. It's important to note that these afterschool classes come at no expense to the families, thanks to the generosity of donors like you.

Generous donor support helps provide microfinance loans, which empower small businesses like Mariatu's. The goal of interest-free microfinance loans is to provide parents/guardians with the ability to support their families. Mariatu sells fries/snacks and candies at a primary school in her community. Through her business, she can support her kids, and two of her kids are part of the sponsorship program.

A girls' mentoring session was held recently on makeup artistry, thanks to the generous support from our donors. Makeup artistry is a creative and empowering field that involves the skillful use of cosmetics and artistic techniques to enhance one's appearance. This mentoring session was a vital platform for aspiring makeup artists to gain knowledge, guidance, and support, enabling them to excel in this creative industry.

The mentoring session was divided into two parts, offering a comprehensive experience for the 22 girls in attendance interested in makeup artistry. 

Your continued support is helping provide long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) also called bed nets or mosquito nets to families and individuals in Sierra Leone. These mosquito nets create an effective barrier and provide protection from mosquito bites while families sleep.  Because of the mosquito nets they received, children like Joseph can now sleep without worrying about mosquito bites at night.

Joseph is in class 4 and enjoys mathematics and playing football.  He wants to become a doctor when he grows up. 

Thank you for your support towards empowering and educating girls in Africa, like Martha. Martha shares her thoughts in a heartfelt video.

Your generous support helps provide microfinance loans, which empower small businesses like Fatmata's. The goal of interest-free microfinance loans is to provide parents/guardians with the ability to support their families. 

Photography and video editing was the topic at a recent mentoring session that was attended by 16 students.  Thanks to the ongoing support from donors like you, each of the attendees received transportation to the mentoring session and lunch.  

Thanks in part to your support, students in Sierra Leone are receiving school supplies and educational support that is aiding them in becoming future leaders in their communities. Recently, 367 class one & class two students at Stellamaris Primary School each received 10 pencils and a box of crayons or colored pencils.

Unemployment is a global challenge; one of the ways we are addressing that challenge is through mentoring young girls and conducting workshops to provide them with skills beyond their regular school and college education. 

Thanks in part to your support, a mentoring session was held for 27 girls on how to use their creative skills to develop new products themselves, we could help broaden their thinking of not just “looking” for jobs but learning to create their “own” jobs.