Mamboma is a village located in the Peje Bongre Chiefdom of Eastern Sierra Leone’s Kailahun district. It was known for its corruption, embezzlement and unfair treatment of community members by their leaders. After the civil war, the community held elections, but were disappointed with the results; leaders continued to be self-serving.

On September 24th we gathered virtually with nearly 200 friends from around the world to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We recorded the 30 minute program if you missed the event.

Watta Moriba is a 46-year-old single mother of five who lives in Gbeka. Like many mothers, Watta wanted to educate her children and save for the future.

At the onset of the pandemic, it became apparent that activities with our flagship programs would need to be put on hold. But that didn’t mean we couldn’t still lean into our values and work with our community partners in other ways.

Lucy Baion, a 30-year-old farmer and single parent of three, lives in the small farming village of Grima in Kailahun district, Eastern Sierra Leone. Read her story of building financial security.

The OneVillage Partners NOW Coordinators are changing hearts and minds. They inspire women to dream bigger than they ever have before, and encourage men to understand to the benefits of an empowered woman. 

Sheku Gassimo, our Community Projects Manager, recently participated in a panel discussion on "The Unique Culture of Sierra Leone." Watch the recording of the panel today and learn more about Sierra Leonean culture!

If you missed the coffee break, you can watch at the link below to hear how our community partners are doing, updates on their projects, and ways in which we continue to respond to the pandemic throughout Sierra Leone.

Follow Hawa’s story as her community of Gbeka gains self-reliance from outside support.

Our hearts are breaking at the destruction of our communities, both here at home and abroad.

Team members across Sierra Leone and the United States sent selfies affirming what they are grateful for.

How are you going to prevent yourself and your loved one from falling ill?

What does gender equity mean to you? What does progress look like to you?

A Theory of Change is a roadmap that is used to plan programs for social change and evaluate their effectiveness.

What is community-led development actually?

In 2019, OneVillage Partners ended the year proud of all our collective accomplishments, grateful to those who made it possible, and we enter 2020 committed to deepening our impact in our partner communities and beyond.

As 2019 comes to a close, we are incredibly proud of the accomplishments we have achieved together with our partner communities.

We are piloting the Lead program with three communities. Learn more about our new program.

OneVillage Partners has a unique, participatory approach to development work, which deserves unique and participatory monitoring and evaluation.