GivingTuesday Sierra Leone is the chapter of the GivingTuesday Global Movement USA that uses the power of people and organisations to promote generosity across.
Good exchange between the 🇪🇺EU Delegation team and the 🇸🇱NEC Chairperson and Commissioners. We are looking forward to continuing our very good cooperation with NEC. Let's work together for peaceful, inclusive, transparent and credible elections in 🇸🇱Sierra Leone.
📢News just in!📢
Our @WYCF_SL entrepreneurs managed to increase their family savings by more than 2400% in 2021!
These savings will enable women to pay for education and healthcare & recover if crisis strikes. We believe in INVESTING IN WOMEN!
EXCITING; today we launched the LOVE, LEARN , PLAY GIRLS’ CLUB Project in KrooBay and George Brook communities in collaboration with @thepaulhodgestrust and @ueflourishing . We stand together for girls🇸🇱🇱🇷🇬🇧. #girls#girlsgirlsgirls#girlsempowerment
Our 2021 project with @WYCF_SL supported 60 women to launch small businesses 🇸🇱
These ferocious entrepreneurs used training & start up capital to turn their lives around.
On average their hard work led to a 2000% increase in monthly incomes. We wish them every success in 2022!
"I am a girl. I have a right to go to school. And I have a right to achieve my goals"
Helping girls to thrive, stay in school and achieve their goals is our PURPOSE. If it's your passion too, support us! https://t.co/HQsW6BPxe9
In 2021, our partnership with @WYCF_SL
✅Kept 60 vulnerable girls in school
✅Enabled their caregivers to launch 60 small businesses
✅Dramatically increased family incomes & savings
✅Supported health & well-being
Proud to provide holistic support so women & girls thrive! 🇸🇱
Our truest, deepest longings are only three: Love, Learn & Play. Living life fully engaging in all three is to truly #flourish. #Kindness is undoubtedly one of our richest expressions of selfless love. Find out more at https://t.co/dfGT8MWRMo: To Flourish is to Love, Learn & Play
Fatmata's story🇸🇱:
Like many women we work with, Fatmata is head & bread winner of her family.
She supports 3 children, her elderly mother, husband and 2 younger brothers. She said: "This support was very timely, it came when things were very difficult..." 1/5 @WYCF_SL
Aminata's story:
“I’m a girl from a family of 7. We live with our grandmother. I don’t know where my mother is and my father visits us seldom. Through the support of The Paul Hodges Trust I was able to complete my Primary 6 schooling." 1/2 @WYCF_SL
EXCITING NEWS: We have just signed a two months contract added to a previously completed one year contract to provide formal and non-formal education and skill training for street-connected children . THANK YOU to @streetchildren in collaboration with @RedNoseDayUSA
- THE AMAZING TEAM IN HOLLAND-
#MyGivingStorysl from the #netherlands 🇳🇱 to #sierraleone 🇸🇱.
THE AMAZING TEAM of organizers and volunteers who work round the clock to collect donations of educational materials, cuddles, Christmas gifts 🎁 etc to support our charity activities🇸🇱
Its happening now in Holland.
#MyGiveingStorysl from the #netherlands 🇳🇱 to #sierraleone🇸🇱
Over 40 volunteers involved.
We are together in this LIVE in the Netherlands. Thank you Wegdam Foundation , Brian Wegdam , Raymond Wegdam including all volunteers involved.
BIG LOVE ❤️
- LIVE IN THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱
#MyGivingStorysl from the #netherlands 🇳🇱 to #sierraleone 🇸🇱. Group of 40 volunteers in the Netherlands today collecting GIFTS 🎁 and DONATIONS for Sierra Leone 🇸🇱. We work together to support #educationforall .
THANK YOU 🙏 fo Volunteers food.
With support from the Wegdam Food Link B.V. and #wegdamfoundation.com we @WYCF_SL local charity in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 is empowering poor teenage mothers who dropped out of school or never had the chance to go to school with taloring & dressmaking 👗skills @DutchMFA@raymondwegdam
Our founder and patron, Surina Nula spoke to @LuxMag about her continuous and evolving philanthropic journey advocating for the most vulnerable sections of society including #streetchildren´s rights
You can read her👉 interview here https://t.co/wpN3pxJ6GU