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January 2010 Newsletter PDF Print E-mail
 
Greetings to SLVP donors and friends,
This is the second of what surely will be many more newsletters intended to update our donors and friends on the progress of the projects we are sponsoring.  This past year (2009) was the second full calendar year for Sierra Leone Village Partnerships, and, we are happy to report that we have completed two projects.  By year’s end we have seen the Mamaka School project and the Fadugu School project completed.  These two formerly war-torn communities have done their part, through your contributions, to provide educational opportunities to their children.  Moreover, we have recently begun a third project - the construction of a school in the community of Gofor, located 12 miles from the town of Kenema, in the Eastern Province.  We are pleased that in spite of all of the challenges of 2009, you committed yourself to providing the money necessary for these projects. 
As a small nonprofit organization we are able to work very closely with these communities on projects that they have committed themselves to, with little or no overhead cost.  Every dollar you contribute to Sierra Leone Village Partnerships goes directly to these projects.  This makes our efforts extremely cost effective and gratifying for everyone involved.  We hope that you will join us again in 2010 by providing us with the financial assistance necessary to work in partnership with communities in Sierra Leone.
Sincerely,
The SLVP Board of Directors
 
A letter of thanks and appreation PDF Print E-mail

The management Sierra Leone village partnership united state of America.

Sir / Madam

On the behalf of staff and pupils of the above named school. I here by wish to express my sincere thanks and appreacition for the beatiful and magnificent primary school ever built in our village Mamaka..

I express my seinere thanks to the Sierra Leone village partnership ( S.L.V.P.) in the United State of America for helping us have such a structure and all those who play actvive role in having this struture as it is today. the structure has increased the pupils position, altitude towards the learning process as roll as parents.
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Building Blocks Of Friendship

WESTCHASE - Jim and Kim Phillips can't forget Sierra Leone.

The African country is where they met and fell in love more than 27 years ago while serving as Peace Corps volunteers.

She taught health and nutrition at a secondary school. He rode around on a motorcycle from village to village working with farmers to improve rice cultivation.

Thrown into a foreign country with a different culture and language, they bonded with other volunteers and Sierra Leonean friends. Through the years, they have kept in touch, even having reunions.

The Phillipses, who live in Westchase with their 17-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son, are part of a nonprofit organization called the Sierra Leone Village Partnerships.

The organization seeks to rebuild a destroyed village schoolhouse in Mamaka and tackle other humanitarian projects in Sierra Leone.
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On July 4-7, 2008, Sierra Leone Village Partnerships (SLVP) will hold its annual meeting in Pittsburg, California. At this meeting, members will review progress and create plans to complete the current project; Mamaka Primary School Project. Additionally, we may review proposals for future projects. For more information, please contact:
J. Albert Kamara
3 San Marcos Drive
Pittsburg, CA 94565
925.219.8712
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