Sierra Leone is a country in the southwest coast of West Africa with a population of about 8.6 million. Due to long years of political turmoil and economic hardships, it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. This has caused a huge obstacle in education of their future generations. Despite the state’s effort in improving education such as provision of teaching and learning materials, examination fees, and a school feeding program, school enrolment and retention rate remain low. In addition, Sierra Leones’ resident donor community remains relatively small to support the country’s huge development challenges (UN, 2022) .
0.458
Human Development value for 2021, which puts the country in the low human development category and keeps it 184 out of 195 countries and territories (UNDP, 2022)1
14.7%
of the population 15 or above are illiterate and half of those leaving primary school are unable to read or write. Just 61% of primary school teachers are trained (UNICEF, 2021)2
12.5%
of girls are married by the age of 15 and 38.9 per cent of girls are married by the age of 18 (among 20–24-year-olds)3
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Our education programme has been carried out for many years in Mile 91, Tonkolili District, which is one of the poorest towns in Sierra Leone and was heavily devastated during the civil war. Since 2021, we have been implementing education projects under a Community Based Model to support more children and schools in the community, making sustainable and long-lasting improvements to the quality of education. Throughout the years, we have brought children back to schools by providing them with learning materials and school uniforms. In schools where there is lack of qualified teachers and up-to-standard infrastructure, we are providing training to teachers and rehabilitating school facilities such as building gender-segregated latrines and installing water hand pumps to access clean drinking water.
600
children provided increased access to quality education
3,000
school materials including uniforms, bags, shoes, exercise books and pens delivered
90
teachers trained in classroom management
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