For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing about our New School and Agricultural Building Campaign and it’s been so exciting to see the outpouring of support as well as the progress that’s already been made on the building construction with...
Empowering Children Schools have amazing, dedicated teachers! This month our featured teacher is Mrs. Salamatu Kamara, who teaches at the Empowering Children School in Freetown. Ibrahim Kamara recently interviewed Mrs.Kamara: Where did you grow up?I grew up in Freetown,...
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...
School is back in session in both our Freetown and Newton Village Schools. Students in both locations returned to school September 17th, excited for the 2024-2025 school year, and eager to learn. Each student in Newton Village was given...
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...
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...