Lifeline Nehemiah Projects

Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP) is a civil society organisation working for the rights of children, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone. LNP was founded in 1992 by Richard Mandewa Cole who supported over 2000 children during the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002). LNP provided these children with protection and education, and enabled them to become lawyers, educationalists, clergy, business people, members of parliament, and responsible parents.

Since then, LNP has expanded its focus to the numerous challenges of poverty in over 6 districts across Sierra Leone. Today, it provides children as well as women and girls, families, and communities with resources and tools to foster sustainable development and address disparities faced by minorities. LNP’s projects and initiatives include a nursery, a primary and junior secondary school, community-based blood donation, shelter and a home for young people, technical-vocational training, the mentoring and advocacy programme ‘2YoungLives’ for pregnant teenagers, and community engagement expertise for the global maternal health research group CRIBS (Kings College London). In Kuntorloh, a community located in the east end of Freetown, LNP provides services that support and empower over 1000 people every day.