OUR MISSION
At New Legacy International, our mission is to empower families, ignite hope and build legacies beyond poverty. We exist to impact marginalized and at-risk people with life changing opportunities. We strive to empower these communities and bring about lasting transformative change through a multifaceted approach that encompasses offering development resources, job creation, and gospel resources and training.
OUR VISION
New Legacy’s mission is to empower families, ignite hope, and build legacies beyond poverty. We exist to impact marginalized and at-risk people with life-changing opportunities. We strive to empower communities and bring transformative change through a multifaceted approach: job creation, resource development, and gospel-centered spiritual growth
Empower
Help people lift themselves out of poverty by providing sustainable employment.
Impact
Give families hope by integrating faith and values, leading by example with ethical and fair business practices.
Build
Long-term solutions to poverty by establishing self-sustaining businesses that continue to benefit communities even after initial intervention.
We are on the ground working in Sierra Leone, Africa
A devastating effect of poverty is that many children are separated from their parents to survive in the streets or in orphanages. Keeping more families together is one reason why we work with communities vulnerable to poverty-inflicted family separation.
We help create jobs to support families so they have the means to provide enough to stay together.
Gabriel and Deborah in the early days before their engagement, Sierra Leone 2009
They moved to the USA as a newly engaged couple and have continued to support Sierra Leone community development projects from a distance and through short term trips for the past 8 years- but their dream is to move back, now as a family of five, to serve full time.
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For Gabriel, Sierra Leone is more than just his birthplace; it's where his personal journey of resilience and transformation began.
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Growing up amidst the tragedies of a war-torn country he endured profound loss and witnessed the unthinkable. Forced separation from his remaining family due to poverty only deepened his struggle. After coming to America he discovered the liberating power of employment - his first job highlighted a path to freedom found in the ability for personal financial growth and the opportunity to provide for others.
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Gabriel on one of his many trips home to visit and help families in need, including building businesses and providing emergency relief through
New Legacy. Sierra Leone, 2021.
Get to know the Contehs
Meet the family we are sending to work on the ground full-time in Sierra Leone
Gabriel and Deborah Conteh have been involved in Sierra Leone ministries for more than a decade.
Deborah first felt called to missions as a young child. She spent several years living in Sierra Leone investing in ministry to orphans and women specifically through academic tutoring, mentoring, and starting a trade school. She considers being embraced by the Sierra Leonean community a privilege and has worked hard to learn the local languages and culture.
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Gabriel was born in Sierra Leone and met Deborah when she served as a regional missionary in 2009.
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Gabriel and Deborah with their three children, Summer 2023
This transformative experience ignited a passionate desire within him: to offer the same chance at self-development, reward for hard work, and ability to care for others to those suffering in Sierra Leone; hoping to spare them from the heart-wrenching pain of family separation or dependence on outside aid.
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The Contehs are embarking on a life-altering journey by moving back to Sierra Leone, driven by a desire to witness the people of Sierra Leone flourish spiritually, financially, and relationally.
The Conteh family still needs additional support partners to launch full time ministry living in Sierra Leone. Any donation amount helps! Please consider joining as a monthly partner as they transform communities in Sierra Leone.
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If you'd like to help send the Conteh to Sierra Leone, please consider a monthly partnership, or a one-time gift.
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