Couch Surfing and Planting Trees
When Paris visited Sierra Leone in search of waves for surfing, she stayed in Ibrahim Kamara’s spare room as a Couch Surfer. Paris did find time to surf, but she also brought with her a suitcase full of school...
Harvest Time
The harvest season has begun in Sierra Leone, and families are excited and thankful to gather their successful crops. Farmers in our program plant peanuts twice during the rainy season. Initially we loan each farmer one bag of peanut...
Why Flooding is Such an Issue in Our Communities
For the families living in the impoverished communities of Freetown flooding is a frequent occurrence during the rainy season. Because the communities are in the low lying, swampy area that forms a channel to the sea, flash flooding can...
Student Field Trip
Students from both Empowering Children Schools recently went on a field trip to Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary located in the rainforest on the outskirts of Freetown. The sanctuary was founded in 1995 with the purpose of enforcing wildlife laws, and...
Teacher Feature: Mr. Sesay
Our featured teacher for July is Abdul Gbassy Sesay, who teaches 5th grade at the Newton Village Branch of Empowering Children School. Mr. Sesay volunteers as a teacher, receiving only a small stipend each month. He rides a bicycle...
Fertilizer for Farmers
Farmers recently received fertilizer to boost growth of their vegetable crops. Fertilizer was distributed based on the number of crops each farmer is growing. Crops were planted in May with loans from our seed bank. When seed loans are...