In 1995, Founder and Executive Director James M. Gendemeh, Jr. came to the United States from Guinea with his father and family, where they had been living as refugees for three years to escape the rebel war in their home country of Sierra Leone. In 2006, Mr. Gendemeh’s father was planning to go back home when he suffered a massive heart attack and died very suddenly. Mr. Gendemeh had to return to Africa to his family’s home village for the first time in 13 years for the burial of his father. This was a strange home coming for Mr. Gendemeh. He was shocked by the level of suffering and poverty that had descended upon the country as a result of the war, but Mr. Gendemeh was very surprised when an elder asked him for help, and not to be forgotten. In this culture the old do not ask the young for direction or help. This elder really humbled himself to ask, because the needs of the people were so great. This is what gave Mr. Gendemeh along with his wife Mawiyah Gendemeh, the resolve to provide aid for Sierra Leone's Malegohun community to overcome the obstacles that plague the country and its people.

Malegohun Community Development.

Five-Year Goal:

1. Build a strong community in the Malegohun Cheifdom and greater Sierra Leone.
   

2. Support men and women to become effective leaders in their community while promoting a better quality of life for all
   people in the community.
   

3. Establish quality educational facilities where there are none while equipping existing schools with tools for continuous improvement.

4. Empower women and girls in the community through education, training, and economic opportunties as well as
   making them aware of their rights as citizens.
   

5. Support existing hospitals with medical supplies and training programs for hospital personnel as well as constructing new medical facilities in areas where there are a diverse of medical resources available.

6. Educating the Community on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and Hygiene in regards to the prevention of communicable diseases, etc...

7. Provide clean drinking water and water sanitation awareness, as well as education on water born illnesses

8. Build trade schools where basic skills are taught in order to promote entrepreneurial development such as  (business owner ship, carpentry, computer, masonry, motor vehicle operators, tailoring, hairdressing, market gardening, etc).

9. Organize educational centers that teach basic business management skills such as business ownership.

10. Working with the local landowners and farmers of the community to develop their farms and bring their crops and goods to market making them a viable resource in the community and in greater Sierra Leone.

11. Helping to p provide affordable quality housing for the people of the community as well as constructing orphanages and creating foster parent programs to aid children without homes or families.