Your generous ongoing support is empowering small businesses with microfinance loans. These microfinance or microcredit loans give individuals a helping hand to start their businesses or to help them grow their existing businesses. Mariama, a flood and mudslide survivor, recently received a microfinance loan to start her clothing and soft drink business.
In her video, Mariama expresses her appreciation saying -
Develop Africa is very thankful to receive the generous donation of school supplies from siSTEM to benefit students in Africa.
The Dantrimark Preparatory School in Sierra Leone was delighted to receive school supplies thanks to your generous support. 
The proprietress of Dantrimark Preparatory School expressed her gratitude in this video saying
My name is Theresa, proprietress of Dantrimark Preparatory School at the east end of Freetown.
We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that is making a difference for future Liberian Leaders. Your support helped provide children in Liberia with new school supplies. Two drums of school supplies were distributed to Seomi God's Family Church and Light Academy School in the Caldwell Community in Liberia. You can see more photos in this album.
An important part of Develop Africa's culture is continuous improvement.
On a regular basis, we measure our impact and productivity. We are taking steps to ensure that our impact is steadily increasing and that we are improving our processes.
Your support is continuing to make an impact for Autism therapy in Senegal. Below is the update submitted from the Dakar Team.
Hello to all supporters,
We appreciate your support that is providing long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to families and individuals, like Grace, in Sierra Leone. The WHO World Malaria 2018 Report states
In 2017, there were an estimated 435,000 deaths from malaria globally, compared with 451, 000 estimated deaths in 2016, and 607,000 in 2010. The WHO African Region accounted for 93% of all malaria deaths in 2017.
In November 2018, the Gyal Pekin for Betteh club at Regent, a suburb of Freetown held 3 sessions on sexual and reproductive health. The Growth and Changes Book by Dr. Marni Sommer provided the foundation for the discussion. The discussion was led by two facilitators
We greatly appreciate your continued support of computer skills training in Sierra Leone. One of the current students, Amos, tells us in this video how he can use Microsoft Word
Good afternoon, I am Amos and I am a beneficiary of the Develop Africa Sierra Leone Computer Class. I started attending the class three months back and so far I have benefited a lot from this class.
Your ongoing support is providing solar lights to students in Sierra Leone like Kumba pictured here who has no electricity. Kumba was very thankful for the solar light she received to help her study at night.
Make a Difference Today: Donate to the Year of the Pencil Campaign
On November 20th, this movement placed over 100,000 pencils into the hands
of children across Sierra Leone in 20 schools.
Each pencil tells a story — of hope, opportunity, and possibility.
Education is more than lessons — it’s liberation.
Every $25 helps children write their dreams.
👉 Help provide pencils by donating today!
