Getting closer to being able to imagine it in action!

The roof is going on to the Rolal Teacher Training Centre and, wow, what a difference it makes! It is now easy to imagine it in action.  This is going to be a fantastic space where we can bring teachers from other schools in the Port Loko District and thus help raise the quality of…

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New project….new blog

Girls’ Safe House in Maronka – under construction. To chronicle the ups and downs of all the preparations and day to day functioning of the Girls’ Safe House in Maronka, we have set up a new blog: www.sierraleonegirls.blogspot.com Have a look and see what you think. This new project responds to many of the challenges…

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Dress a girl around the world.com sewing for Maronka

Imagine a world where every girl had at least one dress! Wow – what beautiful pillow cases! This is how their website opens. www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com is an organisation with a non denominational Christian foundation with the aim of giving a little bit of value and feeling special and pretty to as many little girls around the…

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Another set of important funding approved – Yes!

Thinking it through! Bhumi of SLEEP, an organisation based in the United States of America has been battling away at a bid for funding to introduce a debate training programme. Staff and students will be selected for training in research, analysis, argument construction and presentation following a programme of debate training which has seen significant…

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What? Where? Why? When? Maronka Primary teacher training / resource centre

Lots to do! This morning I received an exciting email….. funding for a new project! What? A teacher development facility providing short capacity building courses for teachers without qualifications or whose skill base needs reinforcement. 40% of Sierra Leonean teachers are trained and qualified.  There is a new distance course providing the possibility of training…

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New girls’ quarters in Magbeni

Alice, head girl, has moved in. A couple of months ago, I gave the go ahead to AA’s building project for a new girls and female staff quarters as they were overflowing out of the women’s project classroom where they had all been sleeping. Now, it is already in use by the girls and there…

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Maronka Girls Safe House – on its way!

The context Sierra Leone ranks 100 out 102 on the Social Institutions Gender Index [SIGI] because of statistics like: ·        47 per cent of girls between 15 and 19 years of age are married, divorced or widowed. ·        Between 80 and 90 per cent of women are circumcised. ·        77 per cent of Sierra Leonean…

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Funky ads for EducAid

A fruitful partnership…….. North Oxfordshire Academy have been supporting EducAid in numerous ways over the last few years and we are now rearing our heads in various bits of the curriculum too. Roland Howard and the ICT department had their students ask me lots of questions and try and get their head round our ‘brand…

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Alex Channon spreads his enthusiasm for Sierra Leone

After his visit to Sierra Leone and the EducAid schools, Alex Channon has sought to raise interest in and awareness of both the country and the programme.  Here he is telling the youngsters he teaches, about Sierra Leone, during a non-uniform fund-raising day for EducAid. Thank you Alex and Thank you St Thomas of Canterbury…

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The assessment of some recent visitors to EducAid Lumley

It was quite some time before coming to Sierra Leone, that a friend sent us an article from a British newspaper featuring a school in Freetown. It had been started by Miriam, who as a young woman, in post war Sierra Leone in 2000, recognised the urgent need for access to secondary education for all,…

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Putting EducAid Rolal on the map with a winning drama

Abdul Dumbuya and his drama group are the talk of the town in Port Loko. The HIV/AIDS Media Global Fund Project organised a drama competition to which EducAid Rolal was invited.   Once again, the EducAid team walked away with the honours. Congratulations to all of you who competed and well done too to Abdul…

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Ali takes to the hills for EducAid

Alison in training for her big run. Alison Higgs, long term friend of EducAid, who was last featured on this blog in a very fetching Santa outfit, is on the run again. Alison teaches art at the Bridge Academy in Fulham and has got the whole school behind her fundraising (and awareness raising) campaign.  She…

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Lily and Richard develop their new radio interest during their trip to SL

In Lily’s own words……. Mics, Chimps and Angel Delight                                                                        Lily Johnson I was thinking of going to Alton Towers in February half term, but then I got an invitation to spend two weeks with EducAid in Sierra Leone. Guess which one I chose? My dad, Richard, and I set off…

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Great initiative taken by the Magbeni staff and students

It is incredibly encouraging when staff and students take unprompted initiatives, for the improvement of the service provided by EducAid, even at considerable personal effort. The photo below is of the first half of a girls’ dormitory and female staff quarters being built with great support from staff and students.  The students have made the bricks themselves…

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Mohamed Sannoh continues his studies

Mohamed Sannoh, one of EducAid’s earliest students (he joined us at the age of 10 when we sponsored him at primary school before we had our own schools) is celebrating again. We were very proud of Mohamed’s achievements when he became our first EducAidian graduate to finish his degree, completing a four year Accounting course…

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Marie-Aimé tells her story……

On the way to Educaid… I first heard of Educaid from the website stuffyourrucksack.com. I was still in London planning my move to Freetown and some friends were heading over so I was determined to make good use of their spare rucksack space… Having bullied / guilt tripped / enticed / encouraged them into bringing…

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Amazing what some people will do for money!

Thank you Leweston.  Greatly appreciated by us all at EducAid…. World Book Day 2011 – promoting reading and supporting EducAid Following the success of our World Book Day efforts last March we decided to run a similar event on Thursday 3rd March this year and we celebrated with a dress-up day and book sale.  Our visitors on the day were…

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The beautiful strong young women of EducAid

While we remember women all over the world, today, and seek equality of rights for us all, I am thinking of the beautiful strong young women of EducAid.  May they be given the chance to fulfil their potential and have their impact on the world.  Here are some of them…… If you are interested in…

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Radio EducAid

Don’t think I can say it any better so….thank you for this letter that tells the story so well and thank you all that were involved in making this happen.  Fingers crossed the baton will not be dropped! Dear Chris and Julia This is just to say a big thank you to you both for…

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