Educate a Girl, Educate a Nation - Sierra Leone

To simply say "Thank you" does not seem to be enough especially in 2020 with the challenges we have all faced.   We are so honored and humbled that you are supporting girl's education. Your donation(s) or gift card donation(s) this year is so greatly appreciated and is truly going to continue to make an impact in 2021!!

For many decades, girls were traditionally excluded from access to educational opportunities in Africa. Today, boys still receive preferential access.

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world.

According to UNICEF-

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis will continue to disproportionately impact children, women, and girls, threatening to reverse hard-won gains towards gender equality. Social protection measures have a crucial role to play to mitigate coping mechanisms by the poor and vulnerable in both the immediate COVID-19 response as well as the longer-term recovery.

Because of YOUR support girls in Sierra Leone are getting their education and the support they need to overcome the hardships COVID-19 has brought on. You have helped provide school supplies, masks, soap, and radios to girls in Sierra Leone.  Your support is profoundly changing not only the individual girls' lives but also the entire nation.

Our recurring donors are making a continuous impact and we are truly grateful for the ongoing support. If you are not yet a recurring donor, we warmly invite you to consider setting up a recurring donation.

Even a few dollars a month will go a long way. Consistent support is the key as this is the best way to ensure ongoing impact.  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

Links:

• Unicef Press Release - 1 in 6 children live in Extreme Poverty
• Start a recurring donation-Educate a Girl, Educate a Nation

Project Supporters,

Safiatu is thankful for your support that has made going to school possible for her this year.  She received school supplies, protective masks, and all her school fees for this year thanks in part to your generous support.

Saffiatu lives with her family in the Kamawornie village of Karena District in northern Sierra Leone. Saffiatu is attending the Kamawonie Junior Secondary School and she is in JSS1. Her favorite subjects in school are Social Studies and Mathematics. Her dream is to become a nurse in the future.

She expresses her gratitude in this video saying-

 Hi, my name is Safiatu. Thank you for this gift, these school supplies. Thank you!

Your support is truly changing not only the individual girls' lives but also the entire nation. Our recurring donors are making a continuous impact and we are truly grateful for the ongoing support. If you are not yet a recurring donor, we warmly invite you to consider setting up a recurring donation. Even a few dollars a month will go a long way. 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

PS. Tell your friends and family: together, we can provide stability for families in Africa in the face of #COVID19. From Dec. 14 - 18, @GlobalGiving will match your generosity by 200% on all new monthly donations.

Links:

• Start a recurring donation-Educate a Girl, Educate a Nation
• Safiatu is Thankful