Cofa Creating Opportunities For All

Nourishing young minds and bodiesthis month-long school and feeding program operates during july-august, when food supplies are lowest and many people subsist on a single meal each day, and when the regular schools are closed. Initiated in 2020 in four schools and paid for privately by cofa's founder and a gofundme campaign, in 2022 it received foundation funding to support classroom teaching and provide daily lunch in 11 schools in the lunsar region for more than 2,500 primary- and secondary-school students. The program provides a month's salary to the teachers and the local women who prepare the daily lunch. Rice is purchased from farmers who are supported by cofa's growing family prosperity.in july, the program supported 10 junior secondary schools, providing classes and lunch to more than 1000 students preparing for the basic education certificate examination (bece). In august, more than 1000 primary school students in 10 schools also had lessons and lunch. At the end of the program, 100 students who otherwise would not be able to attend school were given scholarships to support them for the coming school year.

King kama primary school cofa has been providing support for the king kama primary school in lunsar for several years. It is a school run by parents, and teachers were working for no salary before cofa stepped in. Our contributions pay stipends for all the teachers, lunch every day for 200 students and 15 staff, as well as pay for the local women who prepare the meals.

Scholarships

Bachelor's degree for adama sesaycofa began supporting adama, an orphan, through her secondary education at edunations school in rokassa. She graduated with honors in 2023 and has now completed her first year at the university of makeni. Cofa has committed to supporting her through her degree. She is also working at a woman-owned bike shop supported by karim kamara.

Mph for abdul kamaraabdul kamara, who has worked with cofa projects since they began, has a bachelor's degree in public health and the desire to further his public health education. Cofa has funded his studies for a master of public health degree at the freetown campus of njala university. The program is run as an intensive weekend program, whereby students continue to work during the week and come to freetown to study saturdays and sundays. Abdul completed his classwork in 2024 and will complete his thesis in 2025.

Reseed funding reseed is a microfinance program in sierra leone. Cofa provided its original funding and has contributed since then to increase its capitalization. In 2024, cofa provided funds for a loan for a local restaurant.

Slmb buildingcofa provided funds to build additional classroom as the slmb secondary school in makeni

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