Schools for Salone | Advancing quality education in Sierra Leone through local partnerships
CategoriesSchools for Salone EventsWe are so grateful for our Bay Area supporters! For 12 years, dedicated SfS Board Member James Mannah and his wife Pam Bohmann have hosted the SF Schools for Salone Benefit Celebration. The event is always well attended; we expect this year to be no different! Participants will enjoy live music from Pangea FC and […]
CategoriesNewsSchools For Salone (SfS), in partnership with Programme for Children (PFC) and the Sierra Leone Book Trust, held a transformative nine-day workshop for 30 primary and secondary school teachers and community library assistants in Makali, Koribondo, and Mamboma. This workshop is an integral component of SfS’s ongoing program to support teachers and library assistants, with […]
CategoriesSchools for Salone EventsOn November 14, our community came together to celebrate our partners in Sierra Leone at the Virtual Watch Party, and it was a delight! In case you missed it, Here’s a quick roundup. And better still, you can watch the recording of the watch party right now. The Watch Party was hosted by Vickie […]
CategoriesSchools for Salone EventsSchools for Salone, the Seattle-based not-for-profit expanding education access to last-mile communities in Sierra Leone, will host a virtual watch party to highlight their partners. The fundraiser open to all friends of Sierra Leone and education champions is on November 14th, 2023. You’re invited to register now via Zoom. In partnership with local community […]
Longtime Schools for Salone (SfS) supporter James Mannah has been a dedicated Board Member since 2010. A native Sierra Leonean, James now resides in the San Francisco area, where he and his wife Pam Bohmann host an annual Summer Celebration benefiting SfS. James recently spoke to us about his story and about what advice he […]
Perry Roshan-Zamir has been a dedicated Schools for Salone supporter since 2019 and a Board Member July 2021. An attorney for 30 years, Perry has worked mostly as solo practitioner. He is also involved in environmental causes, serving as co-chair of Reef Check. We recently sat down with Perry to hear more about his story […]
It’s difficult to know how or where to begin to give you a “trip update” from our (Perry, my husband Bob, our dear friends Peter and Cynthia and myself) April trip to Sierra Leone. It was one of the best. Fellow travelers, where we traveled, our productive meetings, the indescribable way we were welcomed – […]
Bidemi Carrol, Ph.D. has been a dedicated Schools for Salone Board Member since 2014. Dr. Carrol is a Senior Education Research Analyst at RTI International, an independent nonprofit research institute. She is also Board Chair of Schools for Salone partner, The Learning Foundation.
You may know Vickie Remoe – writer, TV host, podcaster, active citizen and, now, officially a Schools for Salone Board Member! We are honored that Vickie has joined us and know our organization will benefit from her intellect, experience and energy.
This month, our partners began construction on a junior secondary school in Lengekoro, a community in northern Sierra Leone. There is no junior secondary school nearby, so many students had to stop school after primary school because of obstacles including cost to stay in the community of nearest school and safety concerns of children living […]
