Join us for the Real Estate Event on May 14 at The Market at Malcolm Yards, where we’ll share exciting updates from Sierra Leone and connect with fellow Twin Cities real estate professionals🤝 🎟️ Free to attend—just RSVP below! onevillagepartners.org/2025realestate

Sierra Leone turns 64 🇸🇱 and we are proud to stand with communities building a sustainable tomorrow. Through every partnership, every project, the beauty and spirit of mama Salone shines. Happy Independence Day! #MamaSalone #OneVillagePartners

‼️We are featured in Institute of Development Studies's latest blog on rethinking how we evaluate impact. We’re proud to be part of the Full Spectrum Coalition — pushing for evaluation that’s context-driven, community-led, and real. Read more: 🔗 ow.ly/Yctn50VLL6v 🔗 ow.ly/QKQN50VLL6w

Meet Sheku, our Director of Partnerships & Programs. From the Kenema to the strategy table, he’s bringing local wisdom to global change. 💡 How he’s shaping the future of community-led development 🤝🏽onevillagepartners.org/news/getting-t…

Bandajuma chose change and never looked back. Since 2017: ✔️ 26 latrines ✔️ 2 water wells ✔️ Rice milling for local income ✔️ 100% of women graduated from the NOW program Years later, they’re still going strong. This is what community-led change looks like💛

Buildings don’t save lives, nurses do. This #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the dedicated nurses in Sierra Leone who power our healthcare centres with skill, compassion, and commitment. Thank you for choosing impact, and choosing community. #OneVillagePartners #NursesDay

Smiles that carry stories. We asked what makes them happy, they said, “We are learning so much.” In every challenge, there’s hope. In every smile, there’s strength. And behind it all? Your support. 💛 onevillagepartners.org/now-program

91 attendees. $76,000+ raised. 💥 Our 13th Real Estate Event was one of the biggest yet — and the impact is still growing! Huge thanks to our sponsors & supporters who made it possible. Your generosity builds brighter futures. 💛 #OneVillagePartners #ThankYou #Fundraising

It’s #AfricaCommsWeek and this year’s theme — “Beyond Narrative: Communicators as Catalysts for Africa’s Global Influence” — says it all. At OVP, we believe storytelling should build power, not pity. Follow along as we spotlight ethical, community-rooted comms all week 💛

This is what it’s all about 💛 Yes, we love celebrating progress: the buildings, the businesses, the brilliant projects. Development is more than structures. It’s confidence. It’s agency. It’s women owning their power. And that’s everything. 💛 #onevillagepartners #agency

🎥 From the heart of Nikabu… Tamba shares not just updates, but hope. ... And the best part? They know they’re not alone. 🤝 Will you walk alongside Nikabu today?

We say it often because it's true: latrines save lives, and that’s not an exaggeration. In this short story, Mariama shares how, through One Village Partners' partnership, her community took action. 🔗To listen and read more stories, visit our website.onevillagepartners.org/news

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we’re celebrating land protection. PLUMP puts the power back where it belongs: with the people. From understanding land rights to shaping national conservation dialogue, PLUMP helps communities lead, map, and protect the land they live on 🍃

📣 We're hiring: Communications Supervisor – One Village Partners (Kenema, Sierra Leone) 💡 What we’re looking for: – Strong digital comms experience – A deep respect for community-led change – Creativity, curiosity, and cultural fluency 🔗 onevillagepartners.org/careers

You know what they say about all work and no play? Not in Bandajuma. Women and men, working side by side, not just building a clinic, but building equity and collective power. This is #communityleddevelopment. Sometimes it comes with a sing and dance break. 💃🏽

We invite you to take that journey with us. 📬 #SharpeningStoneStories is our monthly newsletter where we take you behind the scenes of our work in Sierra Leone. Not subscribed yet? There’s space on the path for you. 💛 Walk with us → onevillagepartners.org/email-sign-up

The community of Mamboma had a vision: self-sufficiency. So they learned to make soap, and sell it. Not because we told them to, but because we listened. What if we had pushed for latrines, when what they really wanted was to build independence? This is #communityleddevelopment

We are excited to share that our 2024 Annual Report is now LIVE! 🎊 Your partnership helped us make 2024 a year of incredible progress. From expanding programs to transforming communities, every part of this report highlights real change happening now! onevillagepartners.org/2024-annual-re…

Hawa is one of 468 women who graduated from Phase 1 of the NOW Program in 2024. That’s 468 women stepping into economic freedom! Read more onevillagepartners.org/2024-annual-re…

In 2024, we celebrated reaching over 75,000 lives in Sierra Leone ...and it’s all because of you 💛 Every training session, handover ceremony, hospital bed, water well, latrine, each one is a ripple of change powered by your support. Read more: onevillagepartners.org/2024-annual-re…