Salay, Amidu, and Moses express their thanks for the mosquito nets. Salay is the mother of Amidu and they live in a single bedroom zinc sheet home together with Salay’s three other children. The family sleeps on a grass bed and use a kerosene lamp at night. Salay is a petty trader and the main provider of her children. Salay’s husband is unemployed.

Moses lives near to Salay and Amidu. He is a very skillful football (soccer) player and is dreaming to become a football star some day.

Thank you Derek for providing the mosquito nets for Salay, Amidu, and Moses.

Fatima, Ahmed, Mariautu, Sama, and Rugiatu are beneficiaries of your gift. All of the recipients live in the same compound at the hillside area of Upper Mellon Street in the Wellington Community. There is no running water in the compound and the toilet facilities are poor.

Fatima is a house wife who lives with her husband and three children in a single bedroom apartment. Her husband is a petty trader and the main provider of the home.  His monthly income of $80 is not enough to cover the basic family needs.

Ahmed lives with his uncle in the compound. He plans to attend the university, but currently he does not have the money to take the required exam and his uncle cannot afford to pay for him.

Mariatu is a house wife who lacks the skills to find a job. She would like to start her own business but the family does not have the capital.

Sama is a petty trader and takes care of six grandchildren. Rugiatu is one of Sama’s grandchildren.

Thank you so much, Marshall, for providing bed nets for Fatima, Ahmed, Mariautu, Sama, and Rugiatu.

Doreen was born during the civil war in Sierra Leone. She lives with her mother and father and four brothers in a two bedroom apartment with no running water. Their house was vandalized several times by the rebels and a lot of property was stolen. Things have not been the same for Doreen’s family ever since.

Both the mother and father are co-providers in the home with monthly incomes totaling $200 which is not enough to cover the basic family needs. Doreen is very active in the church she is attending at the Wellington Community School. Doreen wakes up early to fetch water for the home before going to school, seven miles from home. She likes reading English and literature and wants to be a lawyer when she grows up.

Thank you Marshall for providing vitamins for Doreen.

Latilay lives with his mother, father, and three sisters in a two bedroom house with no running water in the hillside area of Mellon Street in Wellington. His father is a mechanic and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $100, which is not enough to cover the basic family needs. Latilay’s mother works as a petty trader to supplement her husband’s income.

Latilay likes football and loves watching western movies. This promising boy grew up in a setting in which he was led to believe he was a true son of the family that brought him up. He later discovered his actual parents. This knowledge has not taken him out of the house where he was raised.  When he grows up he wants to be somebody responsible.  This sponsorship for Latilay will help  him realize that dream.

Thank you, Greg and Dennis, for choosing to improve this boy’s health!

Khadisha was born on August 5, 2000 to a family with a Christian background.  Her father, Salifu is currently unemployed and her mother Elizabeth is disabled and also unemployed.  The family’s income was adversely affected by the past civil war.  Curent economic conditions and unemployment have made it difficult for her parents to secure lasting employment.  Salifu has been able to find occasional short-term work and both he and Elizabeth are looking for permanent employment.

Khadisha has 4 siblings and they live at Kissy, a suburb of Freetown.  The family lives in a zinc sheet home with no pipe-borne water and no electricity.

Khadisha loves to go to school.  Her favorite subjects are RME and ESPN.  Her hobby is reading.  She would like to be a banker when she grows up

Thanks Kayleen, Mark, Lynn, Karen, Dennis, Sterling, Melinda, Rick, Beth, Brad, Alice, Eileen for your donations that have brought stability into Khadisha’s life.

Nancy, Rebecca, and Abu were very happy to receive mosquito nets. Rebecca attends the United Methodist Primary School in the Wellington Community and she is in class three. Her fees are being paid by neighbors and she does light errands in the community.

Both Abu and Nancy want to attend the university to pursue degrees in accounting but lack the money to pay their fees. They are trusting God to bring about the change they need.

Thank you Marshall for providing these mosquito nets to Nancy, Rebecca and Abu.

David is a young  boy who was born at the peak of the civil war in Sierra Leone. He and his parents lived in a two bedroom flat which was burned down by the rebels. The father abandoned the rest of the family six years ago and has not yet returned home.

Now, David, his mother, and brothers live in the house of a local church member. David and his two siblings together with their mother rely on the support given by church members to feed and purchase items that are required. David wants to be a banker when he grows up.

Paula, thank you for providing vitamins for David to help him stay healthy and ward off disease.

Flourence lives with her father, mother, two sisters,  and one dependent relative in a single bedroom home with no running water but with electricity in the Wellington Community. Flourence likes to read and to draw. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. Her father is a petty trader and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $60, which is not enough to cover the family needs.

Her mother is a teacher in training and not yet paid for her work. Flourence’s parents find it difficult to survive with the meager income.

Thank you, Karen and Greg, for giving Flourence a better life!

This group lives in the Wellington Community with five others in a three bedroom house with no running water and no electricity.  Albert Sr. is the head of the home and the main provider with a monthly income of $100, which is not enough to cover the basic family needs. Josephine is a housewife to Albert Sr, and has been performing that role very well. Mohamed and Albert Jr. are two of Josephine’s four children. Hassanatu is a dependent relative of this family.

Thank you for your gifts, Karen. These people benefit from the treated bed nets and extend their thanks to Develop Africa for the gifts. They are confident they are going to be relieved from the threat of Malaria.

Isatu is ten years old and attends the fifth grade at an elementary school in the Wellington
community, located in Sierra Leone. Isatu has two sisters and a brother.

Isatu’s father is a petty trader and the main provider of the home. He earns a monthly income of $50, which is not to cover the basic family needs. Her mother is also a petty trader and combines with her husband’s income to support the family. When money is especially scarce, Isatu must fetch wood from the bush about a mile from their home.

This family lives in a single bedroom home, with no running water and no electricity. At night, Isatu uses a locally made kerosene lamp to study, and sleeps on a savanna bed made of grass. In her free time, Isatu likes cooking, reading, and playing a local children’s game called balance ball. Isatu wants to be a caterer when she grows up.

Thank you, Patrick, for your kind gift! The mosquito net will keep Isatu safe from malaria!