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S L V P ’ S M A M A K A S C H O O L P R O J E C T C O M P L E T E !

SLVP and the village of Mamaka have completed SLVP’s first project – the Mamaka School. Mamaka, is located inYoni Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. This project, the Mamaka School Project, be-gan with a partnership be-tween SLVP and the Mamaka village, and expended funds over a period of two and a half years. It took a tremendous amount of commitment, co-operation, and hard work from our donors all over the United States, our board of directors, and the Mamaka village community, in order to complete the project. The

Mamaka School project was SLVP’s way of contributing to the rebuilding process of Sierra Leone, and a gift to the children of Mamaka village, in order to promote a safe and condu-cive educational environment. The new Mamaka School con-sists of nine rooms: six class-rooms, a bookstore, a library, a staffroom and a principal’s office. The school is also outfit-ted for electricity, so that in the future, electrical appliances and computers may be used when electricity is available. The construction of the Mamaka School was made possible by our generous donors in the United States, and SLVP would like to thank everyone who has

helped us in completing this project.

John Amman, Maureen McNa-mara, Albert Kamara and Jim Phillips were able to visit Mamaka this year. Albert and Jim officially handed over the school to Mamaka village on June 12th 2009, and there were numerous speeches, dancing and native music. Mamaka provided several goats and game from local hunters, as part of the feast at the cere-mony. The ceremony was at-tended by SLVP friends Bob Eme4s and Rich Barone.

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U S E O F G O O D S E A R C H T O R A I S E M O N E Y F O R S L V P .

Everyone can help SLVP meet its

goals by using www.Goodsearch.com

to search on the internet and when

purchasing products online. Here's

how: Go the website

(www.Goodsearch.com) and under

"Who do you goodsearch for?" type

Sierra Leone Village Partner-

ships. Then, every search you do

generates .01 for SLVP. Addition-

ally, you can assist SLVP by buying

products online. Go to the good-

search.com webpage, go to

"Goodshop," and click on "shop

now." A variety of corporations

donate a portion of your purchase to

SLVP, usually 1-3%, but up to

37%. Thank you for helping SLVP,

and spread the word!

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SLVP please visit our web

site: www.slvp.org

What’s Next?

We are about to begin our third

project in the town of Gofor where

we will build another school. There

are several potential projects for

schools and clean water and we

expect to be very busy for the rest

of the year and 2010.

SLVP’s second project included the construction of yet another school in Fadugu village. This was an addi-tional three classroom building to accommodate the ever growing school-going population in this area. Fadugu is located in Kasunko Chiefdom, Koinadugu District; Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The pri-mary donors for this project include Gary Stewart and John Amman, authors of “Black Man’s Grave”. Mr. Amman is SLVP Executive Vice President, and both worked closely with Y.S. Mansaray, Fadugu School head teacher, in coordinating the project.

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99% of the donations go

directly to our projects.

If you wish to donate

please visit our web

site at www.slvp.org.

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M A M A K A P I C T U R E S — A B E A U T I F U L S C H O O L !

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What Is Our

Mission?

To create and implement grassroots

development projects in communi-

ties within Sierra Leone. Projects

may include but not be limited to the

refurbishment or building of schools,

health clinics and potable water

systems. Resources for projects

may include financial aid, educa-

tional and construction materials,

medical equipment and other related

items for distribution that have been

identified by the Board of Directors

or its designated representative.

Projects shall be community based,

and shall take place with the full

cooperation of community leaders

and representatives. All projects

shall take place in the form of a

partnership between SLVP and the

Sierra Leonean community receiv-

ing aid and assistance.

President Albert Kamara and Treasurer Jim Phillips handing over the school in Mamaka in June 2009.

Albert Kamara pictured in the center with the chief on the

left and Jim Phillips on the right with friends Rich Barone

and Bob Emes at the school dedication ceremony.

The village of Gofor, approximately 12 miles from the town of Kenema, lies in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Like too many towns and villages in Sierra Leone during the war, Gofor suffered in its loss of local village structures, such as its local school. This new SLVP school building project in Go-for will be the organization’s first endeavor in the Eastern Province. The completed school will house approximately 230 students who live in the village of Gofor and several smaller ones nearby. SLVP Board Member Jim O’Donnell has assisted by sponsoring this project.

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Dancers in Mamaka during the school dedication in June 2009.

Students come out to greet SLVP in the village of Magbengba in June 2009.

Thanks to Bob Emes for many of the photographs in this newsletter and Rich Barone. SLVP appreciates the interest and support from both of you.