Your generous support is continuing to help provide microfinance loans, which helps small businesses like Fatmata's, which sells toiletries. The goal of microfinance loans is to provide parents/guardians with the ability to support their families.  Your support has helped her purchase extra merchandise including clothing and additional toiletries to sell to better support her family.  

Thanks in part to your ongoing support, the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team held another girls’ mentoring program at the end of November on the topic of mental health.  Twenty- five young ladies between the ages of 10-20 years old in Freetown attended the mentoring session.   Lunch and transportation were provided to the girls in attendance as well as toiletries including body splash, deodorant,  4 bars of soap, vaseline, toothpaste, and a toothbrush (pictured above).

Thanks in part to your ongoing support, the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team held another girls’ mentoring program on the topic of leadership and public speaking.  Twenty- eight young ladies between the ages of 10-20 years old in Freetown attended October's mentoring session.   Lunch and transportation were provided to the girls in attendance.

The guest speaker, Mrs. Dolly I. used the following points to engage the girls:

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support for the future leaders in Sierra Leone. Thanks to you, more youths and young adults are getting the computer training they need for success in today's technology-driven environment.  The full computer course takes 6 months and in October twenty-five students received certificates of completion.  Among them, there were 16 young men and 9 young women ranging from senior secondary school to young adults.

Malaria is a major health concern in Sierra Leone, particularly during the rainy season. It is the most common cause of death among children under 5 years old. 

Your support is helping future leaders, like Franklyn, get their education. Franklyn received an iPad to help him with school work.

Franklyn expresses his gratitude for the support he recently received in this video

COVID-19 is having a crippling effect on the economy in Sierra Leone.  During these challenging times, your generosity is so greatly appreciated. Thanks to your support, multiple families were given food including a bag of rice, one gallon of cooking oil, and a bag of onions.    

One of the families that received food support expressed their gratitude saying 

Thank you Develop Africa for supporting us with food items during this hard time.

October 16th is World Food Day, which focuses on the second sustainable development goal- Zero Hunger.

The majority of the world’s undernourished –more than 250 million live in Africa, where the number of undernourished is growing faster than anywhere in the world. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/

Thank YOU for helping to pave the way to a brighter and better future for young ladies in Sierra Leone. On October 11th we celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child.

 This is a day that we are all passionate about.  International Day of the Girl Child promotes girls' empowerment and fulfillment of their human rights.

Thanks to your ongoing support of future leaders’ education, 29 students in Bo, Sierra Leone received financial support to pay for their school fees and school supplies for the 2021-2022 school year.   The students receiving school support ranged from Nursery school all the way through Senior Secondary school.