David M. Sawaneh, was born in Sulaimania, Koinadugu district in Northern Sierra Leone. He attended primary and secondary schools in Kabala, Sierra Leone. Upon completion of high school, he taught grade school as a high school graduate from 1994 to 1996. Having won the DV lottery in 1996, he traveled...
I am Joseph Mansaray born on the 2nd March, 1985, in Kabala Koinadugu District in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone. I was born into a Christian family in the predominantly Muslim north. I was raised up in a Limba household and a fluent speaker of my parent’s language...
Ms. Dunne is a medical social worker who has specialized in older adults and legal guardianship during most of her professional career. She was a former Director of the Office of Public Guardian in Hillsborough County, Florida and a founding member of the Florida State Guardianship Association and Hillsborough County...
Reverend Richard Hafer is a retired Lutheran pastor and representative of Food for the Poor, an interdenominational Christian ministry working to end the suffering of the poor in the Caribbean and Latin America -including Haiti. Pastor Hafer wears several other hats. He is Project Director for Adult Lutherans Organized for Action...
Felicia Thomas is a native of Tampa, Florida. She has a B.S. in Accounting and is currently an independent consultant working in the healthcare and government industry. She has worked in public accounting for over 20 years and is a strong supporter of the mission of Teneba’s Haven and look...
Ms. Carroll is a graduate of Florida Southern University. She has a Master’s in Education and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the University of South Florida. After retiring as an elementary school teacher, she worked for 17 years as a teaching supervisor at USF. She is past president, treasurer,...
Marianne Hafer was born and raised in the Chicagoland area. She graduated from West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing and continued to work there for several years, caring for terminally ill patients. Following this she worked for a general surgeon who afforded her the opportunity to be part of The...