Mary
Mary has been waiting 828 days for a sponsor.
Mary lives with her mother, two sisters, and two brothers in a zinc house in Bo that floods every year because it's built near a swamp. Her father died many years ago when she was a very little girl. Her mother sells vegetables at the community market in Bo to provide for Mary and her siblings.
Mary dreams of becoming a nurse to help the sick people of her community.
Develop Africa
Founded: 2006
U.S. Federal EIN: 20-3836551
Develop Africa strategically empowers lives in Africa by providing educational opportunities and strengthening self-reliance so that individuals, families, and communities can create positive change in their own lives.
We empower lives by providing school supplies, scholarships, mosquito nets, solar lights, computer/vocational training, etc. We also provide microfinance loans and disaster relief. This helps them become self-sufficient and rise above poverty.
When individuals and families are strengthened, they can contribute towards community, national and international progress.
Vision / Beliefs
- We believe that children and youths are our future.
- We believe that the foundation that we provide will help shape the future of families, communities, and nations
- We believe that we can help change the future of individuals, families, cities, nations, and the world through the opportunities that we provide.