Educate the Future Leaders of Sierra Leone

Many of our beneficiaries are raised by single parents, who often face financial hardships.  In Sierra Leone, 25% of children under the age of 15 come from single-parent homes (source here) 

Our Program Manager, Mr. Abu Conteh, met with our beneficiaries and their parents in September. While the purpose of the gathering was to distribute tuition fees for the upcoming term, it was also an opportunity to connect and engage.

Mr. Conteh recounted the inspiring story of a world-renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, who a single mother raised. Although she was illiterate, she encouraged her son to focus on his reading assignments. Mr. Conteh narrated how her constant support led to her son’s future success.

Today, we are excited and confident that we are similarly helping to raise exceptional leaders. 

The kids that we are supporting are diamonds in the rough. Uncut and unpolished.

With your support, deserving kids can advance and complete their education. 
 
With your support, they will become exceptional leaders and world-class diamonds.

In Sierra Leone, a lack of funds is one of the leading educational barriers, with children from marginalized communities affected the most (source: here). Scholarships are, therefore, in high demand, with long waiting lists.

Making a monthly donation is the most effective way to help our emerging diamonds get their education, but every dollar donated makes a difference!

If you are not yet a recurring donor, please consider signing up for a recurring donation here. Your monthly donations make a world of difference to hundreds of children daily. With your help, we can create a brighter tomorrow.

Thank you so much for your amazing generosity,

Sylvester and the Develop Africa team

Links:

• Start a recurring donation for future leaders in Sierra Leone

Empowering future leaders is more than just providing them with education, it is also empowering them with the skills and knowledge they need to counter stereotypes and obstacles in achieving their goals. 

With the help of mentoring sessions, future leaders can become motivated, be more confident in their abilities, and be outspoken. Mentoring closes gaps and truly impacts lives.  Your support helped cover the costs of girls’ & boys’ mentoring sessions in 2022.

The mentoring sessions covered topics such as Self-esteem and Goal setting to help DASL boys and girls improve their self-esteem and build smart goals, Time Management to teach DASL mentees practical time management tips, Adolescence reproduction, and relationships, a field trip to help the mentees learn about developmental issues in Sierra Leone, Smart thinking and leadership to teach boys and girls basic problem solving and innovative tips, Personal hygiene and self-care, STEM Lego project, Financial literacy to discuss significant financial knowledge necessary for making critical financial decisions, and a Debate and quiz competition to bring the two mentoring components together to debate on relevant issues affecting human capacity development in Sierra Leone.   This video shows a recap of mentoring in the past.

We greatly appreciate your support for the future leaders in Sierra Leone and invite you to consider a year-end donation to support mentoring sessions in 2023.

Another great way to help us reach our goal is to share this project with your contacts and post it on social media.  Copy and paste the text below or create your own.

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

Warm regards, 

Amy and the Develop Africa team

Links:

• Mentoring Video
• Start a recurring donation for future leaders in Sierra Leone