Right now there are so many sadness around the world, but a little joy will always bring HOPE. So many things are being cancelled due to the pandemic lockdown, but let's not forget:

Dreams are not cancelled. Compassion is not cancelled. Kindness is not cancelled. Love is not cancelled. A better tomorrow is not cancelled. Giving is not cancelled. 

Sadly In Sierra Leone, starting tomorrow, there’ll be another three days of lockdown from the pandemic. So with the support and collaboration, Hope for Lives in Sierra Leone is doing the best we can, supporting 12 villages and hundreds of people are going to be blessed. We’re supporting places where there’s no chance of help from the government. Not only supporting these villages from the three days lockdown, but also providing them food for the entire Ramadan season. 

Here are the names of the villages in Sierra Leone we supported in April. They’re all located In the Northern Provinces of Sierra Leone.

1) KARANEH, 2) GBINTI, 3) MASORIE, 4) KALANGBA, 5) MATOKRO, 6) RO-THOK, 7) MATHORR, 8) ROSARR, 9) ROSENT, 10) MAGBOLONTHO, 11) ROGBLONTHO, 12) ROGBOM

For many years now with the collaboration and support from Dr. Bailey and his wife Mrs Saffiatu Jalloh-Bailey, they have been generously supporting various villages.

Even with the crisis around the world and every nation having difficulties,  there are still few people in the world with such loving hearts and giving spirit. 

We also wants to give many thanks to our California friends and families, Ms. Naomi, Dr. Ajayi, Yodit Bellow, Mr Jalloh, Ms. Conteh, Ms. Charlene, Ms. Jameelah, Ms. Lenese, Mr. Maningat, and Dr. Majid for their generous support, and many thanks to the organizers in Sierra Leone. 

We want to give a special thanks to Ms. Sento Kamara and her team, especially during this time of the Coronavirus. With her organization skills they’ve risked their lives to bring a little joy to these families. The social distancing was very hard to do, she said, but they did the best they could. She and the team in Sierra Leone travel with two minivans to various villages during the day and night distributing bags of rice, onions, Maggi and various other types of foods. We tried to accommodate every household in these various villages. 

There was so much joy, dancing and prayers from these families. Man, I’m jealous though for not being there, but at the same time very thankful and very proud for the great work of Ms. Sento and her team. If not for the pandemic I would have been in Sierra Leone this month. 

Some of us can afford more than others, but for me, I’ll always make the effort to give the last penny I can afford especially when it comes to my brothers and sisters in Sierra Leone. One thing I know, I’ll never want to be buried and gone and leave all my money in the bank while people are dying from starvation and hunger. 

You can see the faces of these people throughout our website, but even though you don’t know them, you can see the need. Every donation is welcome. See the full size images in our Flickr gallery here.