ABOUT LEAP
The Leadership & Education for Africa Project (LEAP) is committed to supporting leaders to rebuild Liberia through efforts in education, health, agriculture, and business development. Our mission is to partner with men and women of character in Liberia, providing the tools and resources needed for them to serve the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of the people of Liberia.
History
Liberia endured a bloody civil war through the 1990's and 2000's, which claimed hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Once peace was restored to Liberia in 2005, the country was left with its entire infrastructure in ruins—its utilities and public services, its schools and universities, its hospitals and clinics, its economy, and even its culture.
A meeting in Monrovia between an adoptive American father (Sean Towle), and the Liberian leader of the Light Stream Academy, Monrovia (David Fatorma), led to the establishment in the United States of the Leadership & Education for Africa Project (LEAP) in 2009, and the United Kingdom chapter, LEAP-UK in 2014. LEAP’s largest, current area of focus is supporting the underprivileged children who attend the Light Stream Academy, but the vision is much bigger than that!
LEAP has a vision to overcome the lingering effects of Liberia’s civil war to help Liberia become self-sustaining with an overflow that pours into the surrounding African nations.
A 501(c)3 Organization
Leadership & Education for Africa Project (LEAP) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The IRS has approved donations to be tax-deductible. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at info@leapsponsorship.com.
MEET DAVID
David, S. Fatorma, Jr. is the overseer of the Light Stream Chapel Solution Outreach Ministries based in Liberia West Africa. David is a survivor of one of the many massacres that occurred during the Liberian civil war. He is the lone male survivor of a 1993 massacre during which time he encountered a miraculous escape through the power of God. He is a national and international speaker, sharing his powerful story to those at home and abroad.
Through the charity Leadership and Education for Africa project (LEAP), he runs Light Stream Academy, which supports the educational needs of hundreds of kids, especially the less fortunate children and Ebola orphans across Liberia.
David and his wife Veronica are blessed with five children Agnes, Christine, Davidnica, Olivia, and Christopher.