Summoning the Human Spirit to its Best Self

LemonAid Fund has a proven track record in working directly with educators and social entrepreneurs to implement needed projects in Sierra Leone. The accomplishments of the LemonAid Fund include support for the construction of four schools, increasing the educational resources available to a network of twelve schools and two foster care centers, partnering with Luther College and Stanford Forgiveness Project on research and forgiveness training for twenty-five teachers and fifty children, creating one of Sierra Leone’s few libraries and partnering with World Computer Exchange and RESPECT to bring two hundred computers to ten schools and youth groups.

Additionally, due to LemonAid Fund’s support, over two thousand children have accessed quality education yearly, fifty-three children are currently direct beneficiaries of scholarships and over twenty people have received micro-loans or micro-enterprise start-ups. LemonAid Fund has also worked closely with the Government of Sierra Leone on early childhood education, life skills training, and prevention of HIV/AIDS’s and child protection initiatives. Additionally, we are working with the National Movement for Emancipation and Progress (NaMEP) representing thirty-five organizations to help stop Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs), especially Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Our most recent project successfully increased the infrastructure and educational capacity of ten schools and organizations.

Programs and Projects:

• The Build up the Children Project
• School Scholarships
• The PeaceMobile
• Support Social Entrepreneurs
• Provide Microloans and Micro Start-ups
• The Forgiveness Project
• The NationalMovement for Emancipation and Progress
• Sierra Leone Kids Tennis
• Healthy Water Campaign
• Provide Technical Expertise

LemonAid Fund, 490 Lincoln Ave West, Highland Park, IL 60035 USA