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Balancing the bad with the good
I have always maintained that if I look too often at the big picture in Sierra Leone, I would be so daunted that I would…
Read MoreCycling Preparations Continue
3 weeks to D-day. Despite my previous confusion, and therefore incorrect information, the EducAid fundraising bike ride will start in the early hours of Friday…
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A Fitting Memorial
Many people have asked about sending flowers in Alhassan’s memory. While the thought is greatly appreciated, Kofi and I will not be around to enjoy…
Read MoreMemorial Service in UK
Just to let people know that we will be holding a memorial mass for Alhassan in Brixton at the Roman Catholic Corpus Christi Church on…
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Almost Relentless Bad News
So…. Alhassan died on Thursday, 6th August, aged 36. Emmanuel Bailay, senior teacher in Lumley, lost his sister on Saturday, 8th August, aged 22. Mani…
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Alhassan as we want to remember him
Alhassan died this morning of an infection that overcame his system and caused renal failure. I was privileged to see a special side of Alhassan.…
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Coming together of like minds
It is my regular cry to my students that alone, standing against the constraints of poverty and the ruthlessness of corruption, they will almost certainly…
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More or less recognisable now
Day three and Alhassan is now recognisable if not beautiful. The malaria we blamed for the initial black out turned out to be malaria with…
Read Morenarrow escape from wild bees
I think we can safely say that was a narrow escape…. Alhassan got up this morning complaining of malaria but promised to buy the treatment…
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