Our Goal
Dynasty House exists to improve the lives of the people of Motema Village and its surrounding communities in the eastern province of Sierra Leone, a country on the west coast of Africa still recovering from a decade long civil war. Founded by Dominic Yambasu, who lost his father and sister in that war, Dynasty House is his family's answer to that loss: a mission to help Motema recover, grow, and educate its children.
We have some VERY EXCITING news to share with you about our efforts to build a new school in Motema, Sierra Leone!
Dominic has embarked for Sierra Leone on Jan. 3 to manage the construction of the new school that you have all helped to make possible, named after Dominic's father Kaimba.
In his first days there, Dominic had a meeting with Sierra Leone's Minister of Education, Paul Sengeh. Mr. Sengeh then arranged for Dominic to have a meeting with the chief education officer/director of the Kono District, which is the district in which the school will be built.
At some point Dominic will be visiting the nearest universities to find potential teachers for the school. He said that there are young professionals returning to Motema and nearby villages, in general, because good things are happening there (although progress is slow.) For example, Motema does not have electricity. But the electricity reach is growing, and new electric poles are now as near as 30 miles to Motema Village. Another example is that a new hospital is being built nearby.
The contractor Dominic is working with has used the architectural drawings provided by Dynasty House Board member Mackenzie Neitling to draw up their plans for the building. These plans were approved by the Motema Paramount Chiefs two weeks ago
Check out our image gallery! We will be adding photos and video of the school building process as we receive them.
Dominic Yambasu
Dominic Yambasu is the founder of this charity, Kaimba, Inc., doing business as 'Dynasty House.' Dominic has been a teacher and soccer coach in Lake Oswego, Oregon, since the late 1970s, and continues to coach soccer today.
He has fond memories of growing up in Sierra Leone, a country often called the 'mother country' for how loving its people were. He recalls that if you asked someone for directions, they wouldn't just point the way; they'd walk you there.
Not long after Dominic left for college, Sierra Leone became embroiled in a ten-year blood diamond civil war that visited tragic horrors on these good people. They are still recovering, and Dominic has made it his mission to help these beautiful communities recover, grow, and educate their children.
Dominic lost many family members during the war, including his sister Finda and his father Kaimba. This charity is named after his father.
