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Getting festive in aid of EducAid
Quite a few Santas then!Triumphant! Alison and Megan post ‘dash’.Alison Walsh of Lambeth Academy and one of her students, Megan, participated in a 6 kilometre…
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Introduction of a Skills Based Teacher -training Curriculum in Sierra Leone
Sean [British teacher] and I have been working like mad things on writing up the distance learning modules for a brand new teacher training programme.…
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A darker day today
4 months ago today, we lost our beloved Alhassan, needlessly to medical negligence and being in a poor country that is riddled with corruption. For…
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Challenging a culture of underachievement
This year, EducAid senior secondary students came 5th in the country in their public exams. On the face of it, fantastic. In reality, however, I…
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Amazing good news. The diagnosis we had hoped against hope for – full recovery from Hepatitis C has actually now been confirmed. 15% of cases…
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For those of you who have been following Jimiyke’s story since the early days, you may be interested to hear that he is telling his…
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Women and education in Sierra Leone
My recurring problem: how to get strong women to teach the girls and provide a positive role model. The women who should be teachers by…
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We’re back
Still out of breath after the whirlwind tour organised by Jan and Anne [my long-suffering diary arrangers] Kofi and I are now back in Sierra…
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Jimiyke in shock!
The ‘Welcome Jimiyke to UK’ fireworks in Battersea Park! At long last, Jimiyke is in the UK ready to be assessed for treatment. Thanks to…
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‘Champion’
Just to share a little taste of our tropical joys….. Fancy a bit of this on your shoulder? ‘Champion’ is the local name for a…
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