Thanks to your support, more students in Nigeria are getting the education they need through our partner organization in Nigeria, S.M.I.L.E.   One of the students who has benefited from S.M.I.L.E is Lekan who tells us in his own words how the support he has received is life-changing and how it is helping him have a bright future.

We greatly appreciate your support that has helped to provide more students with solar lights. One of the students that recently received a solar light is Salamatu.  Salamatu is grateful to be able to read and study at night with her new solar light.  She enjoys going to school and says math is her favorite subject. Salamatu would like to be a nurse when she grows up.

Your ongoing support is currently helping 30 students get the computer training they need.  As technology becomes a mainstay in the private and public sectors, most decent paying jobs require proficiency in computers and thanks to your ongoing support the computer lab is continuing to help more youths become computer proficient. 

Thanks to your ongoing support, more young women are getting their education.  Konnie and Janet received scholarships and are both very thankful for the support they received for school this year.

Konnie is finishing her second year of Junior Secondary School (JSS2) this spring and hopes to become a teacher when she completes her education.

Janet is finishing her 6th grade (class 6) year this spring and hopes to become a nurse when she grows up.

Last Monday, May 21, Develop Africa shipped out from Tennessee to Sierra Leone 21 drums, stuffed full, with a wide range of school supplies. This shipment is part of Develop Africa’s on-going commitment to supporting the education of children in Africa. These supplies will enable and reinforce learning. They will be distributed free to kids and schools in Sierra Leone. The supplies were donated by a wide range of individuals, groups, schools, organizations, and companies globally – sent to Develop Africa’s office in Tennessee.

Thanks in part to your donations, we were able to ship four drums full of much-needed school supplies to children in Liberia. The average classroom in Liberia does not have adequate school supplies and the four drums they received will boost and support education. These supplies will elevate the quality of education and learning in schools. Your support helped us send these supplies to the children in Liberia that desperately needed them. 

Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place on August 14, 2017.  We are deeply grateful for your on-going support that is enabling us to continue to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown. 

Thanks in part to your generous donations the students at Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School (BLIS) have had a very enjoyable second half of their school year.  

On March 28, the secondary school students had their first ever social. There were lots of activities including sugar race, bag race, blind shooting, relay running, singing, dancing and ballet. The day ended with awards for the winners and light refreshments.

We appreciate your support that is helping provide nutritious school meals for children living in a slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Their parents cannot afford to feed them a balanced diet and so they are malnourished. They fend for themselves and often quit school to join their parents in seeking food and ways to survive. Dreams from the Slum is a unique educational center designed to properly meet the needs of children living in the slum. Thanks to your generosity the educational center was able to purchase seven cartons of noodles, two cartons of juice and four large cans of tomatoes.