Greetings to SLVP donors and friends,

This is the first 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 (2008) was the first full calendar year for Sierra Leone Village Partnerships, and, we are happy to report that it has been a year of major advances for our organization.  By year’s end we have seen the Mamaka school project to its final phase and have begun a similar school building project in the village of Fadugu.  These two formerly war-torn communities have done their part, through your contributions, to provide educational opportunities to their children.  We are pleased that in spite of all of the challenges of 2008, 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 2009 by providing us with the financial assistance necessary to work in partnership with communities in Sierra Leone.

Sincerely,

The SLVP Board of Directors