Sierra Leone

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Next I headed to Sierra Leone where my foundation (cerescf.org) is founding a school improvement program being run by LemonAid (www.lemonaidfund.org) . LemonAid was created 10 years ago by Nancy Peddle and has done tremendous work in SL. Nancy is a unflagging woman with an upbeat attitude and nearly limitless patience…and it’s patience that’s needed in abundance to survive in SL, after 15 years of civil war it exists as one of the poorest countries in the world. Basic infrastructure, power, roads, etc just really don’t exist to any manageable level- power outside the city center is rationed out, some nights you get a couple of hours…most nights not. We visited all ten schools where Ceres is founding improvement projects, improvements which range from replacing roof sand building secure library rooms, to building essentially new schools to replace the existing stick and palm frond dirt floor structures.

After 8 days I was through though, I needed to “de-Africanize” a little so headed to Europe for few days of 1st world bliss in a five star hotel!

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Photos

Lillian Preparatory School
Some students at Lillian Preparatory School where Ceres funding the building of a library room

Christian Mission School and Orphanage
The new schoolroom Ceres is funding

Christian Mission School and Orphanage
The exsisting structure

Beautiful white beaches of SL
SL has these Incredible white sand beaches, the sand is almost like a fine white powder…it squeaks as walk on like Vail snow

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A friend I made who followed me down the beach with toy “broken tire on a pole”

Issachar Youth Development Project in Sussex
Ceres is funding the building of a new training center

Help a Needy Community School
Ceres is fnding the buidling of a secure book room (library) at the school

Kadie
Kadie who runs the Help a Needy Community School teaching 3rd grade

Dele Prep
Nancy and Francis in the community training center Ceres is funding the completion of

Liitle Entrepreneurs
These little boys all along the road but up stick roadblocks and then try and collect money to let you pass

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Some children along the roadside. They were so excited to have their pictures taken and then actually see themselves on the camera playback

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Taking a well deserved rest

Comments

[Nikki]

Sierra Leone
Hey Scott, How are you doing? My name is Nikki and I am hoping to go to SL in March. I am going to be volunteering with an organization in Bo, but was wondering if you could give me some more info on the organizations/foundations mentioned in this blog??! Thanks!!

[peterarjunan]

GOD BLESS YOU
DEAR BROTHER GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOUR MINISTRY.

[Berit]

Beautiful pictures
Beautiful pictures. I would like to go to Sierra Leone, and I would like to visit the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary and all the nice beaches and places. I hope the people will learn to take better care of their beautiful nature and beautiful animals, so that they can live in freedom without their familys getting killed. So it is good with the school improvement programme where they can learn a lot.