Thanks to your ongoing support, the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team held another girls’ mentoring program in late February on the topic of adolescent reproductive health. Twenty young ladies in Freetown attended February’s mentoring session. One of the girl’s, Joy, tells us in this video what she learned today-

Thanks to you, girls are getting the support they need to become future leaders in Africa. This past week a hands-free washing station was set up at Hope Academy for Girls at York Village.

The students at Hope Academy were encouraged to use the hands-free washing stations not only during this period of Covid-19 but on an ongoing basis as it helps promote much-needed hygiene in their schools and reduce the spread of germs.

Your support is greatly appreciated as it continues to make an impact on the future leaders in Sierra Leone. Thanks to your generous support families in Bo, including students Magdelene, Tewoh, and David (pictured with their parents), received extra support in the form of half a bag of rice, one gallon of cooking oil, and onions.

One of the student's, Magdelene, said

Thanks to your generous support, girls are receiving not only school supplies and school support, but are also receiving food to help with their needs. Families, like Aminata's, received extra support in the form of half a bag of rice, one gallon of cooking oil, and onions.

Aminata's dad, Suliaman expressed his gratitude saying-

Elizabeth is very thankful for your support that helped cover some of her school needs including a kindle, a calculator,  and school supplies that are shown in the photos.

Funds received will help Elizabeth complete her final year of high school (senior secondary school)  in order to start college the following year and eventually become a medical doctor - her desired future profession. 

Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated as it continues to make an impact on the future leaders in Sierra Leone including three brothers, Alusine, Abdul & Alfred, who each received school textbooks.  

Joseph, a Develop Africa Sierra Leone coordinator, delivered the textbooks to the brothers and said in a video-

Hello, my name is Joseph and I work at Develop Africa Sierra Leone.  I am presently here at St. Edwards Primary School where a few of our beneficiaries attend.

Thanks to your ongoing support, the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team held a girls’ mentoring program at the end of December on the topic “How to make your Dreams a Reality?”. Twenty-one young ladies in Freetown attended the program.  The facilitators spoke on three key steps (self-belief, setting SMART goals, and self-discipline) as a guiding tool to make one's dream a reality. The girls were further asked to do presentations in groups on the above topics with a focus on the three steps.

Because of YOU, more girls are getting their education and the support they need to become future leaders in Africa. The FAWE school is an all-girl school and thanks to your support, they each received pencils, notebooks, books, and other needed school supplies. The girls were each delighted to receive their new school supplies.

One of the students, Clara, made a video of appreciation saying:

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, my name is Clara from FAWE school for girls.

Your support is greatly appreciated as it continues to make an impact on the future leaders in Sierra Leone. One of the students your support is helping is Didi.  He is going to carpentry school to become a carpenter in Freetown.  Didi was delighted to receive new carpentry tools thanks to your support.  He sent a video of appreciation saying-

Thanks to your ongoing support multiple vocational trainees, like Hawa, are getting the training they need to empower themselves and become self-reliant, even now during COVID-19 because of your support.  

Hawa is a current vocational trainee and expresses why this opportunity to receive this training is important to her in this video-