We greatly appreciate your on-going support that continues to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown.   Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place in August of 2017.   Your support most recently helped 10 kids, four boys and six girls, that received financial assistance plus assorted supplies of a dozen exercise books, colored pencils, crayons, pencils, erasers, and sharpeners.

We greatly appreciate your on-going support that continues to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown.   Many families in Sierra Leone were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place in August of 2017.   Your support helped build a new home for a family that lost everything in the flood.

Your ongoing support is continuing to help reverse deforestation in Freetown, Sierra Leone.     It is a slow process, but reforestation is crucial.  In African Development’s article, “The Land, Agriculture, and Forestry Nexus At the Heart of African Sustainability”, they say,  "How Africa manages its land, agriculture, and forestry is of critical importance to the health of its people, its economy and the world's climate." 

Your support is continuing to help the many families in Sierra Leone that were displaced due to the flooding and mudslide disaster that took place on August 14, 2017.  You are continuing to bring hope to flood victims in Freetown.  You helped Mariatu with a microfinance loan so that she could restart her business that had been destroyed by the Flood.

Mariatu expresses her gratitude for the loan in this video saying-  

We appreciate your ongoing support to help reverse deforestation in Freetown, Sierra Leone.   To help reverse deforestation, 100 seedlings were planted in June.  While it is a slow process,  the seedlings are growing.  As the seedlings continue to grow they will provide protective cover on the land and help prevent soil erosion. Plants and trees slow down water as it flows over the land and this allows much of the rain to soak into the ground. 

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.   One of the ways your support helped recently was giving educational support to 30 children that live in the areas affected by the floods last year.  You can see more photos of students receiving support in our photo album.&nb

Thank you for your support in our ongoing efforts to reverse deforestation in Freetown, Sierra Leone.   To help reverse deforestation, Develop Africa planted a hundred seedlings in 2017 and on June 27, 2018, an additional hundred seedlings were planted in Sierra Leone.   You can see more photos in the photo album and watch the seedlings being planted in this video. 

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.