Education Sierra Leone Project #2291

Educate the Future Leaders of Sierra Leone

by Develop Africa, Inc.

Project Report | Jan 25, 2022
Fifty-Three Solar lights Distributed in Sierra Leone in 2021

By Amy M Baty-Herbert | Project Coordinator

Project Supporters,

One of the challenges these future leaders face is not being able to study at night due to no electricity. Solar lights are very instrumental in providing some sort of electricity to homes in deprived communities in Sierra Leone. It helps students to study at night (most especially in homes where there is no national electrical power) and make good grades in school.

In 2021, fifty-three solar lights were distributed to students in Sierra Leone. Twenty-three solar lights were distributed in Freetown and thirty in Kamawornie village. Feedback received by the students indicates that the solar lights have been very helpful to all.

In 2022, Develop Africa's goal is to purchase and distribute 100 solar lights to students in Sierra Leone. We are so thankful for your generous support this past year and ask for your support again this year to help purchase and distribute 100 solar lights this year. The future leaders in Sierra Leone are also so thankful for your support.

Our recurring donors are making an ongoing difference and are helping meet the educational needs of the future leaders in Sierra Leone. If you are not yet a recurring donor, we invite you to consider becoming a recurring donor. Click here to set up a recurring donation for future leaders.

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

A student showing how a solar light helps

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Jan 20, 2022
International Day of Education- Changing Course, Transforming Education

By Amy M Baty-Herbert | Project Coordinator

Project Supporters,

January 24th is the International Day of Education with the theme of Changing Course, Transforming Education. This year’s International Day of Education will be a platform to showcase the most important transformations that have to be nurtured to realize everyone’s fundamental right to education and build a more sustainable, inclusive, and peaceful futures. https://www.un.org/en/observances/education-day

Education is a proven way to alleviate poverty and bring lasting change.

Of all regions, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion. Over one-fifth of children between the ages of about 6 and 11 are out of school, followed by one-third of youth between the ages of about 12 and 14. According to UIS data, almost 60% of youth between the ages of about 15 and 17 are not in school. Without urgent action, the situation will likely get worse as the region faces a rising demand for education due to a still-growing school-age population. UNESCO

Providing quality education to the future leaders in Sierra Leone is helping them to rise above poverty, become independent and better decision-makers. It brings lasting empowerment and definite change. Your support helped 162 students start or stay in school in 2021. In 2022, our goal is to support 300 students.

Our recurring donors are making a continuous impact, which provides consistent educational support to students in Sierra Leone. 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 to achieving the goal of supporting 300 students in Sierra Leone in 2022.

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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Jan 14, 2022
Seventy-Nine Students in Computer Classes

By Amy M Baty-Herbert | Project Coordinator

Computer Class

Project Supporter,

We greatly appreciate your ongoing support for the future leaders in Sierra Leone. Thanks to you, more youths and young adults are getting the computer training they need for success in today's technology-driven environment. There are currently 79 students attending computer training at the Develop Africa Sierra Leone (DASL) Computer lab. There are currently four different groups taking computer classes at DASL Computer Lab.

The first group started an introduction to computer basic and MS word in November 2021 and now they are working on MS Excel, this group has twenty-one (21) students. The second group is taking MS PowerPoint with twenty-one (21) students also. The other two groups are taking Access classes in which one of them has recently completed the program and the other one will be completed next month. Classes are set up so that everyone has access to their own computer and are available at varying times and days depending on the group each student is in.

One of the students, Abubakarr, talks about the importance of computer training-

Good morning my global audience, I would like to draw your attention for a few minutes. My name is Abubakarr, former Head boy and Senior prefect of the John Toma Senior Academy, Former president of the John Toma Senior academy lethally and debating Society(L&DS).

I came into this institution that is the Develop Africa Sierra Leone for computer proficiency, that is to say with the help of this institution, I have now been able to catalog the following: How to insert a blank table in Microsoft word. 2. How to create an envelope, how to design an envelope, and with some basic course contents in Microsoft Excel. Before I conclude, this is a clear call on both the past and present students of the old Bo Boys Association, I am calling on you all especially those that want to create computer proficiency in this of our computer world today.

Let's join together and fuse our ideas into one that will necessitate the progress and well-being of our technology world today thank you! God bless.

Our recurring donors are truly making a lasting difference for these future leaders in Sierra Leone. If you haven't had the chance to sign up for a recurring donation yet, we warmly welcome your ongoing support to continue to provide children in Sierra Leone with the educational resources they need to be the future leaders of Sierra Leone.

Please share this project 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.

Warm regards,

Amy and the Develop Africa team

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