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Poverty prevents millions of Nigerian youths from going to college. Thanks to your generous support a scholarship was awarded to Chiamaka through our partner organization in Nigeria, S.M.I.L.E. 

She tells us in her own words how much this scholarship meant to her.

While the funds raised were not enough for Momoh to purchase a taxi cab, he is thankful for the support he has received and is moving forward with his small business venture.   His goal is to be able to purchase, register and insure a taxi cab. He will then use the proceeds from his taxi service to support his family.

hanks to your donations we were able to provide more malaria tests to children in Sierra Leone. While mosquito bed nets provide very effective protection against malaria during the night, they do not protect children from exposure to mosquitoes in the early evening (before bedtime) when mosquitoes are active. Malaria causes unnecessary sickness, hospitalization, and deaths which can easily be prevented. 

Your ongoing support has helped multiple vocational trainees at the Baptist Women’s Vocational Training Center.  There are currently 50 trainees at the Center and each student is working hard to create a better future for themselves and their families.

Malaria is one of the leading causes of child death in Africa. Bed nets are one of the main prevention measures that are used to combat malaria; because they have been treated with safe, residual insecticide that is used to block, kill and repel mosquitoes. Thanks in part to your support, life-saving bed nets are continuing to be distributed in Sierra Leone. 

Thanks in part to your support 30 students received school supplies at the UMC Primary School George Brook Dwarzark.  You can see photos in the album here.

We greatly appreciate your continued support that enables more families to receive the bed nets they need to protect themselves from Malaria. The long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) provide an effective barrier and protection from mosquito bites. By providing these bed nets to families we are truly saving lives...YOU are saving lives!

Thanks in part to your ongoing support, the staff and students were able to move into their new school building in January. A week prior to the opening of the new building, the principal, teachers and other staff members transported and unpacked supplies at the school.  It was a time of sheer excitement for all involved.  During the first week of classes at the new school, the pupils drew their favorite pictures on the classroom walls as seen in the photo album

We greatly appreciate your support that provided students in Sierra Leone with a new solar light, making studying at night possible. These solar lights are providing safe, renewable, and environmentally friendly lighting and they eliminate the unsafe and hazardous Kerosene lanterns that have caused fires, damage, and even deaths.