About Us

YoMSuD-SL’s Eduction Uninterrupted project (YoMSuD-SL EUP) is a youth social innovation program designed to bridge opportunities and skills for both Out-of School and school going adolescents who are disadvantaged because of negative social norms, poverty, gender, discrimination and ethnicity. This program will provide opportunities for disadvantaged lactating adolescent mothers after given birth to go back to school, register them into Community Based Schools, learn new skills for employment, to contribute meaningfully to building sustainable communities in Sierra Leone.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe education can make people less susceptible to the influence of others in a society, where social justice can thrive such as equal rights, equal opportunities and equal treatment.

Our Mission

YoMSuD-SL seeks to embark on conducting research for learning and innovation, involving community people in capacity building, especially marginalized young people, women, and children in building sustainable communities.

Our Core Values

Equality and Inclusivity
Empowerment Through Education and Technology
Respect for Diversity and Individual Rights
Accountability and Transparency

Our Vision

Investing in the young ensures a bright future

Our Community Approach

Family Mediation between Teen Moms and their Parents
Mentorship and Coaching Programs
Digital Skills and Vocational Training Program
Community awareness and advocacy campaign on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (GBV), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR)
Research, Innovation and Development (RID) Program

Our 3 Year Goals

To impact 10,000 adolescent boys and girls enrolled in Schools
Train 3,000 Youth to become Future Farmers of Sierra Leone
To provide 1,200 Marginalized Adolescent Mothers with vocational training
Enroll 4,000 Vulnerable Out-Of-School Children and 5,000 Marginalized Adolescent Mothers in Community-Based Schools in the Falaba district.

By Mamoud Balla Kamara

Leaving Sinkunia was hard but necessary to ensure I had a future, one that would allow me to learn, experience, and eventually be able to stand for the change I want to see. Assimilating into another culture was seemingly difficult throughout my academic era, moving from my village to another district seeking education.

My four years at Njala University as the only and first person from my village motivated me not to relent but rather to set the stage for others because I knew my community needs more of my type who would stand for them and tear up the darkness.

I used to isolate myself flickered my mind on my village and cried bitterly, nothing has been going on well for my people, nobody seems to care, those who are attempting to help out are not getting the real solutions, poor people are still dying in silence, youth are stuck in a constant hard situation, communities are getting emptied with able men risking their lives in the sea seeking for a better life, most of them have lost their lives in the process. Poverty alleviation, Gender-Based Violence, Feminism, women, youth and children’s empowerment, climate change, health and all that encompass sustainable development is our mission. It’s a battle I alone cannot stand, it’s a battle of the youth with an empowered mindset ready to build sustainable communities, and this is what we stand for to empower one another, give a shoulder to each other so we can explore opportunities within our communities, collectively breaking the silence, making the world a better place for us all.

We stood up with YoMSuD-SL not because we wanted to be part of forming an NGO but because we were victims! We are victims! In real rural society situations and we know the problems, we have been touched by most of those hard situations rural communities faced. I believed if we come together with resources we shall achieve our goal. Youth needs sustainable Hope. Be part of the team to see the change you want to see. Thank You for your support.