The Bright Light Projects team has paid a monitoring visit to beneficiaries in Richmond Community, Bombali District Sierra Leone as part of routine monitoring to ensure program success The group visited two sisters Sinah Turay and Sento Turay who have been with the BLPSL team since 2016 under the Mend the Gap Schooling Program for...
As an extension of Bright Light Projects’ (BLP) global efforts, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit and organization is set for its inaugural Virtual Roundtable: “Saving Our Girls Globally”, raising awareness during the annual international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. This virtual event will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2021 from 12: PM –...
The City of Houston is set for Bright Light Projects (BLP) 2021 Annual Fundraiser scheduled for Saturday November 20, 2021 at the Hilton Houston Westchase Hotel, 1999 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77042 starting as from 7: PM prompt. Bright Light Projects in its efforts to support Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees in Cameroon is implementing...
In an effort to complement Government effort in delivering quality education, the 2021/2022 BLP Annual Back to School Event registered great success empowering about 450 beneficiaries in Cameroon, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. BLP Annual Back to School Event is a signature event empowering BLP beneficiaries across our operational communities in line with providing quality education...
Bright Light Projects Cameroon (BLPC) began mapping for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Buea municipality in the South West Region of Cameroon since April of 2021 in collaboration with the regional delegation of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family in Buea Southwest region of Cameroon. The ongoing Anglophone crisis for about four...
The Generation Equality Forum is part of a series of World Conferences on Women organized by the United Nations since 1975. The Generation Equality Forum is a landmark global initiative, driving commitments that embed gender equality as a central component of Building Back Equal from COVID-19 and fuel significant and lasting change for generations to...
Replacing a cycle of despair with a cycle of hope and opportunity. Empowering victims of Gender-Based violence and Commercial Sex workers through our flagship program GIRLS SHALL RISE (GSR) in Sierra Leone. From April 15 – April 27, 2021, about 10 students all beneficiaries of BLP’s GSR program completed Practicals as part of their Certificate...
As part of BLP’s efforts in scaling our key programs creating strategic partnerships in the domain of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) advocacy and support for victims, BLP finally secured a Memorandum of Understanding with Rainbo Initiative in Sierra Leone on February 25, 2021. Rainbo Initiative (RI) is a national NGO that is passionate about...
In an effort to complement Government effort in delivering quality education, the 2020/2021 Annual Back to School Event was a great success with Phase 1 on December 10, 2020 in Waterloo, and Phase 2 on December 17, 2020 in Makeni. This year, a total of about 80 beneficiaries attending primary, secondary and vocational training were...
On behalf of the Board of Directors, team members, beneficiaries, and friends of BLP, we wish you and your families a prosperous New Year 2021. Congratulations Class of 2020. On December 12, 2020, some Bright Light Projects Sierra Leone (BLPSL) beneficiaries graduated from Komra Training Center located at 25 York Road, Waterloo -Western Area Rural...
