The School
EducAid’s Maronka site has been operating since 2011, and is located in a rural area of the district of Port Loko. In the school year 2023-24, our primary school provided free high-quality education to 100 vulnerable children, with 75 boys and girls calling Maronka home.
Our 9 teaching staff currently on the Maronka team, maintain close relationships with the surrounding community.
Furthermore, the Maronka Safe House works to not only keep girls in school and safe from harmful home situations, but also works to build their confidence before adolescence.
Maronka Primary School also serves as a model school in our teacher-training network. Last year Maronka hosted more than 550 teachers from 65 partner schools for residential training, which has an impact and will improve education for over 15,000 primary school students in Sierra Leone!
This makes Maronka a hub for learning in the Port Loko district setting an example for free, quality, safe, gender specific education across all of Sierra Leone.
Maronka is a small primary school making a big difference.
Education Projects at Maronka
Across the school we have many different educational projects.
Classes typically focus on improving literacy, numeracy and other subjects in the national curriculum. The team also places emphasis on learning through play, student safety and confidence building.
For example our Every Voice Counts programme is across all of the school ensuring that all students are heard, feel respected, and are empowered to learn. There are also health projects, community outreach and more!
Last year Maronka worked on raising awareness and protecting the environment. The school banned plastic bags on site and sewing projects are now in place to repurpose old fabric and reduce plastic use. Staff and students have also planted seedlings, learnt to recycle paper and mobilised groups with the local community to pick up litter from their local environment!
New at Maronka
This year the Maronka team have set up a new ICT lab designated for primary students at Maronka, to ensure all students have access to technology in our changing world!
Maronka students and their families also have been working to promote girls' education. Last term, Maronka students invited their fathers and father figures to encourage and understand the importance of their support in a girls’ educational journey, and come into school for a special themed day. Female students explained their future dreams through drawings to their fathers and spoke about the importance of continuing their education. Their father’s then signed a pledge promising to support girls education.
Recent Achievements
EducAid's participation in World Education Week covered by the Sierra Leone Telegraph
Welcome Back to School September 2024!
9th September welcomed back our students and teachers to Maronka for the new 2024-25 school year!
This year Maronka hopes to continue making strides in providing quality holistic education for all of our students, and creating new opportunities for learning.
The team also hope to fund a designated space for outdoor learning activities within the school, and to secure funding to decorate the school library to make it more attractive for young children’s reading sessions.
Maronka Team
MAF, Aminata and Maiyo
