2YoungLives Completes Recruitment Drive Across 12 Sites in Sierra Leone funded by Upside Trust This past month 2YoungLives concluded its recruitment drive across 12 sites in 6 districts of Sierra Leone, approving 102 pregnant underage girls for its mentoring scheme. The program received an overwhelming number of applications from pregnant girls seeking to join but,
Working together in partnership with the Welbodi Partnership, the Sierra Leone Government and King’s College London, LNP continues to intentionally engage with communities, in various parts of the country, in the sensitisation of and screening for the conditions of pre-eclampsia, anaemia and eclampsia. On May 22nd these activities culminated with the commemoration of World Preeclampsia
LNP has identified several immediate priorities for the remainder of this year, including: completion of the Nehemiah Girls accommodation block completing the fencing of the Lifeline compound, and its entire learning environment, to improve security and limit unauthorised access and the potential for theft within the compound fundraising for the next academic year, particularly to
As you may remember, since September 5th last year, Lifeline Nehemiah Projects has faced attacks from Sierra Leone Police personnel in relation to the land grab issue, involving reprisals, police brutality and human rights abuses, affecting LNP staff, the Director’s family, our beneficiaries and members of the wider Kuntorloh community. Despite these challenges, LNP remains
At Lifeline Nehemiah there is never a dull moment and, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that the month of April was both exciting and memorable, filled with development work and celebrations shared with our friends both in-country and in the diaspora, including our friends in the UK. It was a joy
As once said by the late founder of LNP, Rev Richard Mandewa Cole, “To educate a child is to rebuild a nation”, we continue today to strongly believe and uphold his slogan, and the fundamental principles behind it. Though he is no longer with us we, those of us who have been educated of a
As we always say, there is never a dull moment at Lifeline Nehemiah, and the management of the Lifeline Betteh Tumara Technical Vocational Training Institute (BT) is actively preparing all our trainees for their internships program, the process actually starting during the past month, April 2026. Trainees from the four disciplines, Hospitality, Plumbing, Electrical installation
The resilience of the Lifeline Nehemiah Home young people continues to inspire us and impact the wider community of Kuntorloh, Wellington. They are investing in themselves by choosing to attend school and learning new life skills, demonstrating a determination and a hope for the future and, currently, four of the boys and girls have started
Mentors, coordinators and some of the pioneering members of 2YoungLives joined staff and guest members of Lifeline Nehemiah Projects to celebrate its 30th Anniversary Celebrations, and one of the highlights of the reunion was time spent reminiscing about our first contact with 2YoungLives during their community engagement meetings. Over the years, the program’s impact has
The human rights abuses resulting from police brutality in Lifeline compound and the Kuntorloh community, are unfortunate, to say the least, but the Lifeline management team has consistently condemned all the brutality, including human torture, and the injustice, while continuously advocating for justice, peace, unity and the rule of law. Together with Mohamed Turay, Prince
