Cucumber Harvest

On the day we visited Adama she was busy washing and packing her freshly harvested cucumbers, preparing them to be sold. Farmers in our program are able to plant twice during the rainy season, and this was her second...

Teacher Feature: Ms. Konneh

Empowering Children Schools have amazing, dedicated teachers, and we plan to feature one each month.    This month we meet Aminata Konneh, a teacher at the Empowering Children School in Newton Village. Ibrahim Kamara interviewed Ms. Konneh this week.  ...

School Uniforms

Students in Sierra Leone wear uniforms to school, and our students in Newton Village wanted to wear uniforms as well. Studies have shown that wearing uniforms to school improves self esteem and behavior. We wanted these children, who are...