Public Relations & Marketing was the topic at a recent mentoring session that was attended by 50 studen

Currently, there are sixty-five students attending computer classes at the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) Computer Lab. The computer classes run in three shifts- one class in the morning and two classes in the afternoon from Monday to Friday.

Over the past several weeks the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team hosted the 2nd STEM Session using the Legos Mindstorms sets. The Legos STEM project aims to train DASL school-going beneficiaries to build Legos Robots and cultivate their interests in STEM or robotics.

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

Thanks in part to your support, more students in Kamakwie, Sierra Leone are getting the computer training they need for success in today's technology-driven environment. Mariama expresses her gratitude for the computer classes she is taking thanks to generous donors, like you.

In the heart of Sierra Leone, a story of resilience and compassion unfolds at the Develop Africa Sierra Leone Office.  At the center of it all stands Theresa, whose journey from beneficiary to benefactor exemplifies the transformative power of support and education. 

Theresa learned about Develop Africa in 2015 when she became pregnant during the Ebola Outbreak.  Girls who were visibly pregnant were not allowed to go back to school.  To help with this, Develop Africa opened the Creating Pathways Centre, which was set up to help girls like Theresa.

Today, we are excited to share part 1 of a 5-part series -  a community radio interview.  In this series, you will hear directly from our Program Manager in Sierra Leone and community members. We will share the remaining parts in the coming weeks. 

Thank you for your continued support of girls' education.  Recently one of the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team attended a girls' mentoring session on financial literacy and shared the report below. 

Thomascias is a bright college student with dreams of becoming a Social Worker so that she can give back to the community that supported her in her times of need.  She has been a part of the Develop Africa Scholarship program since she was a little girl, and she is so thankful for the support she has received from donors like you that have enabled her to complete high school and now attend college. 

Thomascia expressed her gratitude to donors in this video. 

Over half of the school-going kids in Sierra Leone lack adequate lighting. Most rely on smoky and dangerous kerosene-based lighting for their evening studies. Lack of sufficient lighting critically undermines kids' ability to study in the evening and negatively affects their performance in the classroom.

In May 2023, Develop Africa, thanks to support from Ubuntu for Humanity, distributed lights to kids in Bo, Sierra Leone. This intervention helps to minimize the electricity challenge these kids face in their communities.