EducAid is working on the production of educational radio programmes for distribution across the country while the ebola State of Emergency keeps schools shut and children away from their studies. If we have learned nothing else during this latest crisis, we have learned that the lack of basic education has left the population so terribly…

Please do come along and bring everyone you can. It will be a great event. Beautiful photographs and inspiring speakers, followed by drinks and a grand auction. Thursday, 23rd October 2014 6:30pm for 7pm St Michael’s Church, Chester Square London SW1 9HH £20 recommended donation on entry or online: https://mydonate.bt.com/events/educaid/186452 We look forward to seeing you.…

So….since the declaration of the State of Emergency, there is a complete ban of all gatherings of more than five people except for going to church, or the mosque or ebola sensitisation meetings. One of the most significant consequences of this, is that schools and colleges cannot open. Even summer school classes were cancelled throughout…

Jungle trek across 4 flooded rivers, up hill and down dale to reach some of our more rural communities.  And what an emotional roller-coaster this one is. I can go from desperate sadness to frustrated anger to laughter to pride to fear in a matter of minutes. Hearing the confusion and panic as people ask…

Augustine in his lab coat in class. Augustine has just got in touch to say that he has received his end of 4th year results from the College of Medical and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS). He is promoted to his 5th year studies with a credit in medicine! Augustine came to EducAid, having left school…

This is surely why we do what we do. When we have hard times, it is great to remember some of the highlights and Issa’s successes and attitude have to be among the best of those: Dear Miriam,I have finally got my Degree today. I’m a Civil Engineer now. A feeling I can’t express in…

Really happy to announce a photo exhibition organised by some of our most committed volunteers. The event includes a stunning photographic exhibition on EducAid’s work inSierra Leone, with a focus on the obstacles faced by girls and womenin the country. The talks originate from interviews held with girls in SierraLeone about their experiences, and the…

In June and July 2012 the students of EducAid Lumley, EducAid Rolal and EducAid Maronka took part in a project to learn photography. The stories of their lives in Sierra Leone along with their ‘snaps’ have been published by one of our most valuable volunteers, Irena Przybyl, in a book entitled .Our World, Our Eyes,…

So….. it’s still the same old EducAid working in the same ways:  High quality education for the most vulnerable in Sierra Leone; Great value for money; Destroying poverty with education; A values led approach to all we do etc etc.  but we are getting a new face. The website may have served its purpose for…

A couple of weeks ago, cousin Nick Nixon, egged on by his sister in law, Lucy, took to the streets and ran a half marathon to raise money for EducAid.  In his words: There was a combination of factors which inspired me to take part in the Half Marathon and raise money for EducAid. Firstly,…

The new head girl and head boy addressing the assembly after their induction. Jaminatu Morie joined EducAid via the Women’s Project, our catch up education programme for secondary age girls who have not been allowed to go to school properly previously.  She had been out of school for some time and was unsure of how…

Magbeni Village – Home for many years of Aminata Fofanah and her grandmother, Rugiatu Jah Aminata Fofanah, past pupil of Magbeni and Lumley from some years ago and grand-daughter of the nurse in Magbeni, Rugie Jah, had recently come back to school in Lumley.  At twenty, she had decided that while she might have mixed…

A few years ago, Rose Atkinson was attending Sherborne Girls School.  Rose heard about EducAid first at a talk at her school.  It rang bells therefore when she saw a volunteer position advertised by EWB-UK to come and work with us for a while. David O’Donnell has worked hard for several months putting together a…

We will not be held down.  We will keep climbing! ‘Education is a privilege not a right.’ So said, President Momoh a quarter of a century ago.  It was not the only cause of the war but it has to be viewed as a significant contributor to the readiness of so many youngsters feeling unfulfilled…

S.K. and Kabiru – Head boys of Lumley and Rolal respectively. Making the arrangements for the establishment of a chapter of FLSLAC in Lumley. Exciting new society developing in EducAid among the students.  Tired of the country’s corruption, they are committing themselves to new ways of thinking and behaving.  Yes! …..and this is their charter…