Mission Advance 2026 · Departing September
ONE BOOK.
ONE CHILD.
ONE future.
Help us ship 20,000 books to eight schools in Sierra Leone before September 2026.
Help us close the gap
$6,500 raised of $26,058
Every dollar goes directly toward shipping, processing, and delivering books to classrooms in Sierra Leone.
Deadline
September 2026
Whitney J. Bain III is an entrepreneur, community advocate, and international mission leader with over 36 years of leadership experience. After witnessing the lack of educational resources during a mission trip to Sierra Leone in 2018, he founded Common Unity Missions to help provide books and learning opportunities to children in underserved communities.
"We are not just shipping books. We are shipping possibility!"
— Founder, Common Unity Missions
Choose Your Impact
EVERY DOLLAR HAS A JOB.
Tie your gift to a real outcome. One box. One school. One container on the water.
$16
One Box of 20 Books
Sends one box of 20 books to a child who has never owned one.
$188
School Packing & Handling
Covers local trucking, packing and handling for one school's materials.
$1,011
Container Freight, One School
Funds the container freight cost for one school's full delivery.
$2,014
Sponsor an Entire School
Sponsors one school's complete shipping and logistics, start to finish.
$4,087
Close the Freight Gap
Closes the container freight shortfall and gets the books on the ship.
$26,058.18
Fund the Entire Mission
Funds the entire mission — container, travel, and delivery to all eight schools.
Pick your own amount.
Every dollar moves us closer to the container.
Mission Advance 2026
EIGHT SCHOOLS.
20,000 BOOKS.
ONE CONTAINER.
Common Unity Missions identifies communities where educational poverty is holding people back, builds systems that create lasting change, and hands those systems over to the community to own and grow.
A 20-foot shipping container of 20,000 books — departing September 2026.
Here is exactly where every dollar goes:
Container shipping (Bahamas → Sierra Leone)
$8,086.54
Local trucking, packing & handling (Bahamas)
$1,500.00
Social media & film documentation
$1,000.00
Customs duties & fees (Sierra Leone)
$2,021.64
Local trucking, storage & unloading (SL)
$1,500.00
Delivery to each of the eight schools
$2,000.00
Founder & librarian travel, lodging, transport
$9,950.00
Total cost
$26,058
Raised
$6,500
Total cost
$19,558
After delivery, our five year plan transforms these schools into full learning centres with computer labs, adult literacy programs, and scholarship pipelines. This is not charity. This is transformation.
Where Your Money Goes
YOU WILL SEE
every step.
100% of donations fund mission activities directly
Every contribution is personally acknowledged by the founder
Donors receive weekly progress updates as the mission moves forward
$6,500 raised · $2,500 already at work on pre-shipment costs
You will see the container shipped. You will see the books arrive. You will see the faces of the children who receive them.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY CHANGING LIVES.
Join them.
Common Unity Partner Program
BECOME A
Common Unity PARTNER
$50 a month. 250 partners. One unstoppable mission.
As a partner you are not making a donation. You are joining a movement. Partners receive direct updates from the founder, early access to documentary content, and the knowledge that their monthly commitment is funding the next phase of this work — island by island, school by school, community by community.
Progress updates (video & newsletter)
Partner gatherings on location (after 12 months)
Mentorship via scholarship & internship pipeline
Refer-A-Friend rewards & recognition
Discounts on logo merchandise
Early access to documentary content
COMMON UNITY.
COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
COMMON WEALTH.
If not us, who. If not now, when.
Get in Touch
CONTACT US
Have a question about the mission, want to partner with us, or need help with your donation? We would love to hear from you.
Phone
+1-242-458-0675
Address
Suite #2, Rachel’s Brittania Mini Mall, Caravel Beach, Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas. P.O. Box F-44453.
© 2026 Common Unity Missions. A division of J. Whitsun Whitney Ltd.