Schools for Salone | Advancing quality education in Sierra Leone through local partnerships
CategoriesEventsOn 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 Remoe, […]
CategoriesEventsSchools 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 development […]
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 […]
We are partnering with Village Bicycle Project to bring bicycles to the students at the school in Koromasilaia. The junior secondary school (JSS) in Koromasilaia, Koinadugu District, serves not only students in Koromasilaia, but also students coming from primary schools in 13 surrounding communities. This year there are 180 students enrolled in the school. There […]
The primary school in Masosingbi is complete! The school has four classrooms, a four-compartment septic toilet, two hand-washing stations, and a water well. It was funded by our newest board member, Perry Roshan-Zamir, via the Mona Foundation. Thank you for planting educational seeds in the Masosingbi community! The school was built in loving memory of […]
