October
13
2016

Bearing One Another’s Burdens with the Women of Sierra Leone

Ashley Turner, wife of Just Hope’s president, Ben Turner, joined our team on a recent leadership trip to Ghana and Sierra Leone. Ashley beautifully shares her experience at a women’s conference she led in Lunsar, Sierra Leone with Just Hope’s founder, Karen Bruton. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let… continue reading
October
12
2016

Women in West Africa “Profoundly Eager” for Female Leadership

The majority of groups working in under-developed communities around the world agree that women empowerment is the key to progress. As our work has evolved in West Africa, we have become more intentional with engaging women. In countries where being a widow can often mean being doomed to destitution, it’s especially important that women have… continue reading
October
6
2016

Saffie Koroma

Hero Spotlight: Saffie Koroma, Dedicated Leader, Wife and Mother

Saffie Koroma and her husband Foday have been invaluable partners to Just Hope in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, graciously inviting us into their community and facilitating our work there to train and equip pastors and their families. We’ve told you quite a bit about Foday since we began supporting his efforts, and now we want to… continue reading
August
26
2016

Hero Spotlight: Pastor Sullay and the Ebola Widows

Joseph Koroma is a pastor in Sierra Leone who attended our initial agriculture trainings in the Lunsar area in March 2016. In May, we told you about how he was so excited by the possibilities offered by conservation agriculture, he immediately returned to his church and began teaching his congregants, who are mostly Ebola widows…. continue reading
August
24
2016

Women learn sewing, find hope and position in Sierra Leone

If you’ve been around Just Hope for any amount of time, you know we believe that the most lasting way to help a person out of poverty is to empower them to provide for themselves and increase their household income. Giving a person a meal will last a few hours, but giving them hope, opportunity and training… continue reading
July
20
2016

Hero Spotlight: Jenneh Lassayo, a Mentor to Women Farmers

Jenneh Lassayo has been a Just Hope friend for several years. As the wife to Joseph Lassayo, one of our long-time and trusted employees in Bauya, Sierra Leone, Jenneh has experienced personally the value of an opportunity to improve one’s own circumstances. At the conclusion of the pineapple project in Bauya, we were embarking on… continue reading
May
12
2016

Ebola Widows Embrace Training with Passion

In early March, we had an overwhelmingly successful trip to Lunsar, where we conducted two-day trainings in two different villages near Lunsar – Kerefe and Lungi Lol. Pastors, headmasters and other community leaders representing more than 30 churches and schools attended the trainings, and it was a blessing to see them fully engage. Their level… continue reading
March
18
2016

Meet a Just Hope Hero: Carolina Patiño Bermudez

Raised in a loving, close-knit family in Columbia, from a young age Carolina developed a heart for sharing the love of God and helping others. An occupational therapist by trade, Carolina’s life intersected with Panama’s oldest orphanages, which simply do not have the capacity to help their children once they age out of care. These… continue reading