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Sierra Leone: A Nation’s Journey

Binta Bah, a female student, Mohamed and myself attended a workshop at Makeni which was organised by Charlie Haffner and Sorious Samura. The theme is Material…

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What is the best gift you would recommend for your students this holiday season?

All across the western world, children are excited about the coming of Santa, about the different promises of gifts and goodies due at Christmas. The…

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All we want for Christmas…

Sometimes it’s nice to know how your donation is going to be used and appreciated. We try to tell you how we use your money, but over…

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How do you as teachers support children who are confused or frightened by events going on in their world?

When it’s ‘all going crazy’ out there, what are we to do, as educators? We have to provide an alternative rhetoric, other ways of seeing…

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Hassanatu Sheriff – A Role Model

In Sierra Leone women are rarely offered the opportunity to study, to learn and eventually to excel. It is widely recognised that female empowerment is…

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How do we better engender a healthy, happy, and productive school environment where both teachers and students can flourish?

The EducAid vision: A dignified and democratic Sierra Leone where poverty is eliminated by educated citizens! It is difficult to create a productive school environment…

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How can we maximise the value of art and music in education and how can it be blended with more traditional subjects?

  “The greatest scientists are artists as well.” – Albert Einstein One of the most difficult battles in education in Sierra Leone is to get…

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With a heavy heart, I will be stepping down as chief executive of EducAid

After my two year tenure, I have informed the Board that I will be stepping down as chief executive in March 2017. It has been…

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How do you help students accept and work well with people of different beliefs, cultures, languages, socio-economic statuses, education backgrounds, and learning styles?

Sierra Leone is composed of 17 major tribal groups, all speaking different languages. Muslims make up the majority of the population, but Christians account for…

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What are the important skills, behaviours, and attitudes that students need to become contributing global citizens?

If by contributing global citizen we mean someone who sees themselves as having a part to play in deciding how the world works, we must…

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