There are many short term and long term goals for MVS and its clinic.
In the short term our goal is to provide a strong basic primary education to the children of the Madina area and to improve the health of their families through the clinic.  That is stated in our Mission Statement (see above).
The short term educational goals specifically include:
To operate a well-managed, well-maintained school with high quality teachers who are respected, valued and paid on time. To produce students who can all read, comprehend and write proficiently in English and also in Mende, their first language.  Reading and thinking will be stressed in all subjects. To provide religious teaching that will respect all religions and allow students and teachers to choose to become Christians or not, without coercion or rejection.
The short term medical goals specifically include:
a system of testing, treatment and prevention of malaria.  Teaching students the knowledge of hygiene and nutrition to eliminate all malnutrition and worm infestation, and prenatal and postnatal education to eliminate the high incidence of maternal and infant deaths.
The long term goals for the school and health center are even more important:
To create a transforming spirit of hopefulness, Godly lovingkindness, and empowering energy in the community around Madina, to counteract the years of hopelessness and helplessness caused by war, corruption and poverty.  This has already begun. To build a mindset of integrity, value and beauty into the children of the Madina area by establishing a place of care, safety and creativity for them to belong to and come back to as they spread out through Sierra Leone and beyond. To counteract the distrust of modern health care by including the children’s education within the community health center.  This goal is not only to improve the health of the children and families, but to inspire the children to believe and choose to become nurses, doctors, researchers, scientists, builders and engineers, ultimately adding great value to the country. To add one grade at a time through JSS and Secondary School. To build Madina Village School’s reputation of high performance on National Exams, such that the word “village” loses its negative connotation. To instill a positive connection to the community by all students being involved in service projects, newspaper writing projects, and school programs.  To reach out to other schools and the S.L. system as a whole with activities that can be replicated successfully in a wide variety of conditions.  i.e.  D.E.A.R., writing, drama To collect and publish writings by MVS students and teachers, creating the modernization of literacy in Mende, to stop the gradual death of the language. To build a library/publishing center to provide and produce literacy materials in both English and Mende. To establish students with such strong integrity that as adults spreading throughout Sierra Leone they will substantially impact politics, governance, business, health care and education and transform Sierra Leone.