Gender Equality Sierra Leone Project #3935

Educate a Girl, Educate a Nation - Sierra Leone

by Develop Africa, Inc.

Project Report | Mar 11, 2022
Beneficiary video - Mariama shares what she learned from Time Management Session

By Sylvester Renner | Project Coordinator

Mariama - with her new wristwatch on her wrist

As you know, these days more than ever, it's crucial that we learn how to better use our time. there are so many distractions and things that compete with our time.

The African consciousness of time is discussed in this Wikipedia article.

As our goal is to ensure that we coach our girls in all areas to ensure they are well-balanced and well prepared for success.

The February session on Time Management was very warmly received. The girls also each took home an attractive wristwatch.

Mariama discusses what she learned in this video.

In today's mentoring session, I learned about time management. Time management teaches me how to take care of my time, how to monitor my time, and how to live with it. After the mentoring session, I received a brand new wristwatch which will help me to deal with my time and to live with it .... for me to be active of my time. Thank you. We love you. Bye.

We are super thankful that we have together been able to help instill this consciousness in our girls.

We could not have done this without your generous and ongoing support

Thank you for helping to empower our girls and prepare them for a phenomenal future

We appreciate you

Sylvester and the Develop Africa team

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Mariama discusses what she learned

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Mar 4, 2022
Empowering Young Women through Mentoring

By Amy M Baty-Herbert | Project Leader

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th each year. International Women's Day celebrates women and this year UN says "This International Women's Day, let's claim 'Gender Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow'."

One of the ways you are helping support gender equality and empowering young women for a sustainable tomorrow is through girls' mentoring sessions. The Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) team held 8 girls' mentoring sessions in 2021 and 2 in 2022 so far and there are 6 more scheduled for 2022. Each mentoring session includes lunch and transportation as well as a care package for each of the young women in attendance.

In 2021 the mentoring sessions covered adolescent reproductive health, dental hygiene, entrepreneurship, peer pressure, leadership, public speaking, mental health, and career talk.

In 2022 the mentoring sessions will cover self-esteem, setting goals, time management, adolescent reproductive health & relationships, smart thinking and leadership, personal hygiene and self-care, financial literacy & debate.

Each topic covered empowers the young women in attendance giving them the tools to become empowered women. These empowered women will make an impact on their families and for future young women. We celebrate these upcoming leaders on International Women's Day and look toward a sustainable tomorrow.

Thank you for your support towards empowering and educating girls in Africa. You are truly making a difference for girls with your generous support.

Making a monthly donation is the most effective way to help girls get their education, but every dollar donated makes a difference! If you are not yet a recurring donor and would like to sign up for a recurring donation go here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.

With great appreciation

Amy and the Develop Africa team

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Mar 2, 2022
English Tutoring for Finda

By Amy M Baty-Herbert | Project Leader

Finda in her English tutoring class

Finda is a beneficiary of Develop Africa and has been receiving educational support since kindergarten thanks in part to your generous support. She took the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2020 but was not able to meet the university requirements in English. To help improve her English the Develop Africa Sierra Leone team facilitated one on one English classes with Lisa R. in October of 2021, which was made possible through your generous donations. Finda has benefited a lot from Lisa’s English tutoring and is now prepared to retake the WASSCE exam in October 2022.

Finda expresses her gratitude in this video saying-

Hello, my name is Finda, I am a beneficiary of Develop Africa. For the past few months now, I have been taking English classes with miss Lisa. I've learned a lot, I learned about grammar, I learned about sentences, letter writing, and subordinate conjunctions. Thank you very much, Miss Lisa and I am also grateful to Develop Africa for giving me this great opportunity to know everything I have learned. Thank you very much.

Finda is looking forward to taking the WASSCE again and starting college to study accounting We invite you to help change more girls' lives. Making a monthly donation is the most effective way to help girls get their education, but every dollar donated makes a difference!

If you are not yet a recurring donor and would like to sign up for a recurring donation go here.

Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this ongoing project.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at GlobalGiving@developafrica.org.

With great appreciation,

Amy and the Develop Africa team

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