Great News: Through your support we have purchased new clothes for the Dream Home children.
Every 2-4 months, we need to buy new clothing for the growing kids. Thankfully, YOU have helped make this round of purchases possible. We are so very grateful for your support!
The kids were excited to have new clothes. They were all smiles wearing their new clothing.
Classes have just resumed at the Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School in Nkolfoulou, Cameroon. Marveline and her sister have received all their books for their new classes thanks to generous donations. They both passed their end of year examinations; Marveline came out with the 2nd best marks in her class and her little sister came out the best in her own class. They started Class 5 and Class 3 this week.
We greatly appreciate your ongoing support that enables more students to achieve computer literacy. Thanks to you more youths and young adults are getting the needed computer skills and are now able to secure better jobs.
Baindu is one of the youths who is benefiting from the computer training. In this video, she shows us how she is learning to use Microsoft Word.
Your donations have helped us ship much needed school supplies to gilrs in Sierra Leone. While we take pencils, paper, notebooks and other supplies for granted, these gilrs see each pencil as a treasure. A pencil and notebook opens a door of opportunity to these young girls. Each girl that receives school supplies is being given the chance at a better future.
Classes have just resumed at the Bitame Lucia Nursery and Primary School in Nkolfoulou, Cameroon. Thanks to you many of the children started the school year with school supplies.
The older children are eagerly learning how to tie the tie on their uniforms and proudly showing off their uniforms and supplies. The younger children are also proudly dressed in their uniforms with their new school supplies.
Last week, we read an illuminating article discussing the eradication of malaria. The article reminds us that malaria is still a deadly disease, deserving of our attention:
Malaria, a mosquito-borne illness, is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. More than two hundred million people contract the disease each year, and more than four hundred thousand die from it. Once transmitted in nearly every country on earth, today the vast majority of infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly 70 percent of malaria deaths are in children under five.
Many kids in Sierra Leone are the first kids in their family history / generation to go to school. These kids do not receive any educational support (with homework, educational counseling etc.) from their parents.
The UNDP summary of Sierra Leone states that ... "illiteracy remains a persistent challenge and youth that lack that skills and education find it extremely difficult to compete for the limited jobs available". The article estimates the adult illiteracy rate at 41%.
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!
