The U.S. Government’s Ambassador’s Girls’ Scholarship Program has helped girls to stay in school since 2004. Scholarships include tuition, books, school equipment, uniforms and shoes. The program provides basic literacy and improved educational opportunities for girls nine to fourteen years old
USAID’s initiative is helping cassava farmers such as these women to increase production and to generate greater household incomes.
USAID provided funding for three wells in Koromasilaya village in Sierra Leone. The project brought potable water to the village which led to a drop in cholera.
USAID has financed a program to facilitate fistula services in Sierra Leone. Since 2008, the USAID-financed program provided surgical interventions for 700 women. During the recovery time, women received instruction in simple literacy and arithmetic.
