Educate a Girl, Educate a Nation - Sierra Leone

As we celebrate the International Day of the Girl in October, we’re reminded that every girl deserves the opportunity to learn, dream, and build a future of her own choosing.

Meet Promise, who has just started Class 4! She recently received school support and supplies that will help her prepare for the new school year. Promise is very thankful for this support and for the donors who are helping her continue her education.

And Promise has big dreams: she wants to become a doctor. With every school year, she is taking another step toward that goal.

This International Day of the Girl, we want to make a promise to Promise—and to girls like her: we will continue to stand with them as they pursue their education and dreams. Your generosity helps make that promise possible by providing the support and supplies students need to keep learning.

Thank you to our generous donors for investing in girls’ education and helping Promise move closer to her dream of becoming a doctor. Your support is helping her build a foundation for a brighter future.

Together, let’s keep our promise to girls: to encourage them, support their education, and help them reach their full potential.

With heartfelt gratitude,
Amy and the Develop Africa Team
GlobalGiving@developafrica.org

Links:

• Educate Girls to become Empowered Women

A single solar light can do more than illuminate a room—it can open the door to learning, confidence, and opportunity.

Through the partnership between SolarBuddy and Develop Africa, students and families in Sierra Leone are receiving solar study lights that help them continue learning long after the sun goes down.

For girls like Christata, a young student in Ogoro, Calba Town Community, having a dependable source of light makes a meaningful difference in her education. Christata is deeply grateful for the solar light she received, which allows her to study at night and spend more time learning, even when electricity is unavailable.

For many students in Sierra Leone, unreliable electricity makes studying after dark a daily challenge. Without adequate lighting, girls may struggle to complete homework, read their lessons, or prepare for important examinations.

A solar study light provides a practical, sustainable solution. It gives girls like Christata the opportunity to continue their education at home, without depending on an unreliable electricity supply or other lighting sources.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to SolarBuddy and our generous donors for making this initiative possible. Your continued support helps provide students like Christata with the resources they need to pursue their education, overcome challenges, and work toward their dreams.

Together, we are helping girls learn beyond daylight hours and creating brighter possibilities for the next generation of leaders in Sierra Leone. 

With heartfelt gratitude,
Amy and the Develop Africa Team
GlobalGiving@developafrica.org

Links:

• Educate Girls to become Empowered Women
• Video-Chrisata Thankful for Her Solar Light