Educate the Next Generation of Leaders in Freetown

Summary

Project educates 250 children in Sierra Leone by providing scholarships, school & teaching supplies. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Sierra Leone ranks as #177 (last place) in Human Development Index, according to the United Nations 2007-2008 Human Development report. Thousands of families live below the bread line and simply cannot afford to send their children and youths to school. Many families and schools do not have the resources to provide much-needed school and teaching supplies. This project will help educate 250 children in Freetown, Sierra Leone by providing scholarships, school and teaching supplies.

Activities

By providing scholarships, teaching and school supplies, students will be able to continue school and to learn effectively. This will help to empower or enhance student learning and reduce the illiteracy / school drop-out rate.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £3,705
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £25,022
Total Funding Goal: £28,727

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Project contributes to the achievement of UN Millennium goal - ensuring that children will complete primary schooling. It is an effective long-term investment to eradicating poverty and will help improve the quality of education.

Project Message

I have seen many children learn under dire circumstances or drop out of school due to poverty. Through this project we are supporting education – an important key to development in my country.
- Joanne Tucker, Project Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sylvester Renner,
Founder
1906 Knob Creek Road
Suite 3
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
United States
4232820006
Email:

Project Sponsor

Sylvester Renner

Organisation

Develop Africa, Inc.
1906 Knob Creek Road Suite 3
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
United States
423-282-0006
http://www.developafrica.org

Learn more about Develop Africa, Inc. and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sierra Leone and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Sierra Leone, read the Human Development Report on Sierra Leone or the Wikipedia entry for Sierra Leone.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 05, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 07, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Visit From GlobalGiving and Gearing Up For The New Academic Year

By Sylvester Renner - Project Leader, August 05, 2010 12:15 PM

Britt, Scholarship Beneficiaries, Janet and Joanne

Warm greetings

We are extremely happy to bring you this project update. All of the children receiving scholarships did extremely well and were promoted to the next class. Their parents, happy with the academic progress, of their children, expressed their appreciation for your on-going support. It’s indeed a rewarding feeling to be a part of laying a great foundation for these children through education.

On May 5th, Develop Africa school supplies and scholarship beneficiaries had the unique opportunity to meet Britt Lake, the Program Operations Manager of GlobalGiving. Britt spent a day visiting Develop Africa's projects in Sierra Leone. A picture of Britt with a few of the beneficiaries is provided below.

Janet and the Sierra Leonean team were honored to host Britt. The visit involved a review and general monitoring of the different projects that Develop Africa has on GlobalGiving. We are happy to report that Britt was happy to see the progress being made and the work that we are doing with your support.

Education continues to be very much on the minds of people in Sierra Leone and the current education system is being reviewed. See below for a link to an article on this. We are praying that this change will help ensure that they receive an even better foundation.

Gearing up For the New Academic Year: In the coming months, we will awarding new scholarships and we would be so grateful for you on-going support, that is helping us impact the lives of these children. Please take a moment to make a donation today or send us feedback with your comments and suggestions on how we can improve etc. Be sure to also send an email to your friends and family asking them to support this worthy venture.

Thank you so much for your support!

Cordially and best wishes

Links:

Government to overhaul educational system

Pictures:

Britt, Scholarship Beneficiaries, Janet and Joanne (JPG)

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