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...
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...
This week children at Empowering Children School in Newton Village participated in our Trees for the Future Project by planting trees at the new school currently under construction. As part of this project, students will monitor and care for...
Any conversation about the dedicated teachers who work at Empowering Children Schools must include Evangelist June Cole, who has been with us for 11 years, longer than any other teacher. Evangelist was born and raised in central Freetown. She...
SHARP is currently supporting 90 farmers with seed and tool loans and sustainable agriculture training. Most of the farmers in our program have never farmed before, so this training was vital. Beginning farmers would never be able to afford...
Santiago Aufranc has spent the last few months traveling around Africa and meeting many local people through couch surfing. When in Sierra Leone he stayed in the home of our Executive Director, Ibrahim Kamara. When Santaigo heard about the...
