Gender Equality
Advise Salone: EducAid Staff Advocate for Gender Equality
by Ellie Wilson and Nnamdi Eseme Nnamdi Eseme, EducAid’s Education Programme Officer, is a 2016 Fellow of the Women Deliver Young Leaders Programme, a program which identifies and supports young people to address issues affecting youth, especially women and girls, in their community. The program also offers highly competitive grants to Fellows to implement projects…
Read More#WomenofEducAid: meet Josephine Kamara
We hope you have been enjoying our #WomenofEducAid campaign. As a new member of the EducAid family, I have really enjoyed getting to know these women a little better by hearing their stories and I now have a much better picture of life at EducAid because of it. Today we are sharing another story. Josephine…
Read More#WomenofEducAid: meet Haja Gbla
By Haja Gbla & Roxanne Tibbert In the wake of International Women’s Day, EducAid Sierra Leone want to celebrate the many women working to make quality education accessible to the most vulnerable students in Sierra Leone. These #WomenofEducAid often work behind the scenes and are unknown to many of our supporters. We want to take this…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: Using education as a tool to create #BalanceforBetter
By Zainab Bangura Zainab is the Head of Equality at EducAid, she works hard to ensure that our schools are places of opportunity for both girls and boys, as well as helping to educate all students on the importance of gender equality. Zainab is passionate about encouraging young girls to be strong, and boys to…
Read MoreFemale Genital Mutilation, Secret Societies, and the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM in Sierra Leone
By Nnamdi Eseme Content warning: Please be aware that this blog post might be upsetting for some, as it contains information about the practice and consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). As today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (6th February), we asked Nnamdi Eseme, EducAid’s Education Programme Officer,…
Read MorePoems by Alice Y
Alice Y is a junior staff member at the Pate Bana Marankh school. Passionate about girls’ education and rights, Alice came to EducAid when her family fell on hard times and were unable to fund her education. She enjoys writing and sharing her poetry. THERE IS HOPE FOR TOMORROW Seeing young talent wasting…
Read MoreA Holistic Learning Approach for All the World’s Students in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
What should an holistic approach to learning look like and how do we shift the focus from the accountability measures in existence now to ones that are relevant for all students in a changing world? Please share specific case studies/examples from your classrooms, schools and communities that can inspire the rest of the world. A…
Read MoreGladys Mansaray – Lawyer in the Making!
I am Gladys Mansaray, a third year LLB Honours student at the University of Makeni (UniMak). I went to the EducAid Secondary School in 2009. Before 2009, it was really not easy for my parents to pay my school fees. I got to know about EducAid, a free school that is providing good quality education. …
Read MoreHow do we instil a better idea of risk taking and struggle in students?
This post is from the Top Global Teachers blog series. Find out more at www.cmrubinworld.com The western world is moving towards lifestyles that require less and less resilience. Physical hardship for many children is becoming a rarity as western parents live up to their dreams of making their children’s childhoods free from suffering. These parents find…
Read MoreHassanatu Sheriff – A Role Model
In Sierra Leone women are rarely offered the opportunity to study, to learn and eventually to excel. It is widely recognised that female empowerment is crucial to unlocking national potential – both social and economic – yet in many parts of Sierra Leone, and indeed the rest of the world, this information is still not…
Read MoreGlobal Teacher Blog: Closing the gender gap with the Women’s Project
In every way, girls and women are on the back foot in Sierra Leone. Education is no exception. Girls are told that they are ‘only girls’ and that their ‘heads haven’t come for books’ etc. from day one and it is only the lucky few that get taught to rethink or who dare to challenge…
Read MoreA Word about our Women – International Women’s Day
‘Educating girls and giving them the tools to shape their own future has an incredible multiplier effect on economic growth. It leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals but for their communities and their societies. It provides returns for decades.’ – UN Secretary General; Ban Ki-Moon Despite our greatest efforts, Sierra Leone still struggles…
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