This past month, the Lifeline Betteh Tumara Technical Vocational Institute (BT) management team were delighted to hold the graduation ceremony for more than 80 of the 2024/2025 cohort of trainees who successfully completed their training, graduating with Plumbing, Hospitality, Electrical Installation and ICT skills. Meanwhile, the process of placing the current 2025/2026 cohort of
The Nehemiah boys who were unfortunately deprived of sitting the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) during the previous academic year are now actively participating in this year’s examinations. The Lifeline school team also hosted a number of our former LNP beneficiaries, some of whom are now nurses and medical doctors and who engaged
The Emerging Leadership Program continues to contribute significantly toward investing in both current and future generations of leaders, commensurate with the words of Prince Tommy Williams, Executive Director of LNP, often saying, “This work didn’t start with us, and it will not end with us”. LNP continues to witness young leaders taking the initiative and
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
