Thank you for your continued support that is making an impact for Autism therapy in Senegal.  Below is from the Dakar Team about their activities in April, which is Autism Awareness month.

Hello readers and supporters, 

April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance month. In April (just as during all other months of the year!), we really focus on sending messages of awareness and inclusion to those we reach. As awareness in Senegal is generally low, we decided to focus on goals broader than treatment and therapy. 

Thanks in part to your support six months of computer training was provided to 44 young adults that were directly and indirectly affected by the flood and mudslide disaster in Aug 2017.  Of the 44 students, 28 of them received certificates of completion at a Certificate Award Ceremony held this past month.

How do you study at night?  That's probably a silly question, you turn on your light...right? Well in Sierra Leone it is not that easy,  only about 20%  have access to electricity.  BUT, thanks to your generosity we are working on bringing solar light to students in Sierra Leone, like Calvin pictured above.  Solar lights give Calvin and other students the ability to study at night even though they don't have electricity.

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that is making a difference for future Liberian leaders like Moses.  Your support helped cover all Moses’s school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.  

At home, Moses helps his mother bake bread.  He also loves to play soccer with his brother and sister and with friends in the community.  Moses enjoys going to school, his favorite things at school are drawing and playing soccer.

Today is World Malaria Day and the focus is “Zero malaria starts with me”. Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease and thanks to your support more families and individuals like, Fatima, in Sierra Leone, are receiving bed nets to protect their families at night.  

According to the WHO 2018 Report-

We greatly appreciate your support for future Sierra Leone leader, Mattia.  Your support helped cover his school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.   Mattia was very thankful for the support he received as he continues to work toward his goal of becoming an engineer.

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that is making a difference for future Sierra Leone leaders like David.  Your support helped cover David’s school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.   David was very thankful for the support.

We greatly appreciate your educational support for future leaders and twins, Isatu & Konnie.   Your support helped cover some of their school-related expenses including tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, and other related expenses for school this year.

Isatu and Konnie were both very thankful for the support they received.    Konnie would like to be a teacher when she finishes her education & Isatu would like to be a nurse when she completes her education.

Your support is making a difference for future leaders in Nigeria, like Nofisat, who after reading the Pencil Project book, was inspired to start a social impact project for underprivileged students.   With your ongoing support, we were able to ship more school supplies to Nigeria for Nofisat to continue distributing to students in underserved primary schools.

Thank you for your support that purchased new art supplies for Sahr.  He is a very talented artist in Sierra Leone, even though he has not received any formal Art training.   The art supplies he received will result in higher quality drawings and paintings, which will help Sahr grow his art business.  Sahr is very thankful to GlobalGiving for the support.