ONCE Program

Dear Facebook friends,
I hope you're all doing well. I know God has blessed you in one way or another. So, please bless someone today.
I started the Operation Needy Child Empowerment (ONCE) program in 2007 after God blessed someone (Reynhold Watty) to bless me with my education. After I travelled to Europe, I decided to give back to my home community (Emmanuel Baptist Church) in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Background:
After the civil war that lasted over ten years, many children were left with no parents or guardians. Through the church and with the help of Grace Bible Fellowship in Dublin, Ireland, and in collaboration with Emmanuel Baptist Church, we started this program to help these children have a future. Today, we have Alieu, one of the first kids in the program, a university graduate and giving back by helping with the program.
Many thanks to Grace Bible Fellowship for their continuing support of these children for the past 18 years. Thanks also to Moses Khanu, who is now overseeing the program in Freetown. Thanks to Phil and Philomena from Grace church for their role in making sure the program gets the funding needed to run it.
We currently have 22 children in the program this year, ranging from primary school to university level. I will attach photos and more details about the program for your reading.
Please feel free to reach out if you feel like blessing a child with your support, by visiting www.grace.ie for more details.

Hi everyone, Thanks to all those that are financially helping this program. Alieu graduated from college last year and he is doing well. We have a few more students at college level and several in secondary and primary school levels. Attached is a video of the children sending their Christmas greetings. Sorry it took me this long to put it together.
Your financial help is always welcomed. I will post photos of the children later. God bless

Baptist church sponsorship teens.mp4

Hi ONCE kids. I hope you're all doing fine. Congratulations to Alieu for graduating from college. The first person to graduate from this program. God bless