We greatly appreciate your support for future Sierra Leone leader, Reginald.  Your support helped cover some of his school-related expenses as he prepares to start his Information Technology courses.   Reginald was very thankful for the support he received as he continues to work toward his goal of becoming an IT Certified professional. 

Here's a heart-warming story from Blessing. Support was provided in conjunction with S.M.I.L.E.  

In her own words...

I know the value of getting an education and the benefits it has in giving more opportunities for people like me from low-income backgrounds. 

After graduating from high school, I didn’t bother sitting for the university entrance examination offered by JAMB because it was glaring my family can’t afford any fees and I’ve just been lucky to get a secondary school education provided freely by the government. 

Your continued support of students in Cameroon is greatly appreciated. Collette Bekaku, Founder/Executive Director CAPEC Cameroon partnered with her church, the United Methodist Women Association Cameroon – UMWAC and Develop Africa to create a project called “One child, one pencil” to collect and ship school supplies to students in Cameroon. 

We greatly appreciate your on-going support that continues to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown.   Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place in August of 2017.   The Dumbuya family lost everything including their youngest daughter in the flood disaster.    

With your support, we provided the Dumbuya family with a new, safe home and items to go in their home including a wide range of food, cooking items, clothing, school supplies, and scholarships. 

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- 

Your continued support is greatly appreciated as the students in Freetown, Sierra Leone just started back to school this past month.    One of the students that directly benefited from your generous support is Nathaniel.   

The new school year has begun and students who would not have been able to afford school on their own were able to go to school thanks to you.  Your generous ongoing support is greatly appreciated!   The school set up new goals for the 2019-2020 school year based on information gathered from the 2018-2019 school year.

Many children and youths in Sierra Leone have no access to computers or computer learning opportunities due to financial limitations. Your continued support is greatly appreciated as more students are able to get the computer training they need to be successful in today's technology-driven society.   You can see the full album of the current computer training students.