Cultivating Local leadership in a global community
Our U.S. based team is focused on empowering our team in Sierra Leone to be leaders for change in their communities. We do this by equipping them with the education and tools they need in order to be successful leaders. We mentor them, we pray for them and with them, and we trust them to serve in their roles with a God-first spirit of servitude. Together, we are working to Impact Lives!
United States Based
Our US team is 100% volunteer based. All trips and expenses incurred toward their work with Impact A Life Foundation is paid for, willingly, out of their own pocket. We believe that donations received for this ministry should be used responsibly in a way that makes the greatest impact. All donations received go right to work on the ground in Sierra Leone, Africa, impacting lives.
CYRUS MAFI
Chairman
“Today, though my conviction in humanitarian outreach is the same, my motivation takes an ever evolving root in my faith.“
My name is Cyrus Mafi. My roots took shape in the hardworking communities in Persia and the warm hearted people of Norway. I call Seattle home. I was born in a liberal Moslem family in Tehran and was drafted in the Iran/ Iraq war at the age 18. A war that resulted in me defying religion for the major part of my adult life. Believing the essential core of humanity became the source of my strength and aspiration. I got my degree in Aeronautical engineering from the University of Oslo in Norway and finished my studies in Aerodynamics in London. Moved to Seattle WA in 1991 and Through an uncanny revelation while hiking in Catalina Island Ca. in 2012 I received the Lord at the age 48. Today, though my conviction in humanitarian outreach is the same, my motivation takes an ever evolving root in my faith.
BRITAN COSAND
Director of Ministry
“I have been involved in international relief and humanitarian efforts in nine countries over the last decade.“
ANTHONY NELSON
Member of the Board
“ILF provides a great way for me to serve in an organization with a vision that I believe in wholeheartedly.”
Sierra Leone Based
Local leadership and community participation is one of the most important pillars in ILF practical community development. It has not only minimized the operations cost associated with outside leadership, but it has also created the pride of ownership and accomplishment that may otherwise feel absent among the local communities.
Dr. Roland Turay
Director of Operations
Yusif Tholley
Headmaster
Namusa Sesay
Nurse
Robert Koroma
Engineer
