SURVEY TO HELP DEVELOP SALONE!!!

Dear Brothers and Sisters of Sierra Leone,

You have the opportunity to participate in a survey which will collect information about Sierra Leoneans in the US for future use in coordinating the population for the creation of development projects. The survey can be found here: Survey for Diaspora-Driven Development. It is completely voluntary, and approximately 900 other Sierra Leoneans have been invited to participate. To achieve the utmost success, feel free to send this e-mail and/or survey link to anyone you know who may be interested.

Why am I so interested, you ask? I recently returned from conducting a five-month internship with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Freetown where I ran a project called Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals (TRQN) with Sierra Leoneans residing in the Netherlands. The project's success and the things I learned while in your amazing country proved that I need to continue improving upon the work that I did there, so I have decided that I want to create an avenue for Sierra Leoneans in the US to run projects like the men and women from the Netherlands were able to.

While there, I witnessed the successful run-off election process, the inauguration of the new President, the return of nearly continuous electricity, the return of many Sierra Leoneans living throughout the world to take governmental positions, and the creation of an entire advisory office under the President to handle Diaspora Affairs. If you are not already aware, Sierra Leone knows that it needs its brothers and sisters abroad for the country to achieve its remarkable potential. Please take the time to help: Survey for Diaspora-Driven Development.

This survey will help to identify who you are as individuals and as a collective population with a large voice. Hopefully, with your large voice identified, you will be able to work side by side with developmental organizations and funding agencies to create and participate in developmental projects in Sierra Leone! Once these offices recognize you as a motivated population, everything else will fall into place.
All participation in this survey is completely voluntary and will be kept confidential. By submitting the survey, you will have provided your consent to participate.

You will have until April 30th to complete it, and I suggest that you allow yourself at least 30 minutes to respond to its questions. If you have any questions or any concerns regarding the survey and my intentions, feel free to contact me at robyn.mello@gmail.com or (609)828-0289. If calling, please only call Monday through Friday between the hours of 5pm and 10pm.

I hope that you will take into consideration the wonderful things that may come about as a result of the information collected from you in this survey and you will help me in raising awareness about Sierra Leone's potential. Thank you in advance for the information you provide and the progress that you are going to help pave for in Sweet Salone!

Please take the survey and send it along to those you know: Survey for Diaspora-Driven Development.
Sincerely,
Robyn Mello
University of Delaware Research
Migration & Development
robyn.mello@gmail.com
(609)828-0289