Schools for Salone | Advancing quality education in Sierra Leone through local partnerships
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The school in Ngolehun is complete and ready for classes! This school will be a life-changing resource for children in this community, and is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of the community to have a permanent, long-lasting school building for their children. Ngolehun is the community in southern Sierra Leone where one of our […]
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Madina is a rural community in the far northern part of Sierra Leone. It is very difficult to get to during rainy season, and the education support in that area is minimal. This community had a crumbling mud-block school that was not safe for use. Thanks to the incredible generosity of Dr. Ken Lans, Madina […]
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