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Lucy Howling – Mellor’s Rose Queen
There are few better examples of our community’s dedication than the story of Lucy who, as Mellor’s 2015/16 Rose Queen, chose to support EducAid in…
Read MoreAfter Ebola: Sillah’s Journey to EducAid
The World Bank identifies “orphans and vulnerable children” as a group requiring special consideration and intervention to protect them from a high likelihood of “negative…
Read MoreSew for Sierra Leone: Joan Keeps Going
Back in April we wrote about the ladies from District 9 of the Inner Wheels Club. They had hand-made over 400 sleeping bags that eventually…
Read MoreEducAid Community Working Together: Lloyd Igunbor & Carolyne Beckett
Lloyd Igunbor – one of Miriam’s past students from Salesian College, Battersea – has spent the past couple of months organising and packing a container…
Read MoreMiriam Presents Medals to 820 Naval Air Squadron
Members of the 820 Naval Air Squadron invited Miriam Mason-Sesay to their Operational Medal Ceremony at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose last week. Not only…
Read MoreWorld of Children Education Award Winner: Miriam Mason-Sesay
This month, Miriam Mason-Sesay was bestowed an honour that few are worthy of. The World of Children award is an extremely prestigious and unique organisation…
Read MoreSweet Salone……..Lurching from one crisis to another
Wilkinson Road flooded with cars swimming through the flood waters. Credit: M & R Ropiecki Extraordinary scenes in Freetown for the last few days. Sierra…
Read MoreRearrangement of the school year after Ebola
Let’s keep focused! Multiple, multiple changes to the academic year have had extraordinary knock on consequences for Sierra Leone’s children. To start with, during the…
Read MoreLucy Howling – Mellor Rose Queen 2015-16
Hello, I’m Lucy! This year I am Mellor Rose-Queen. The tradition of crowning a young girl as Rose Queen developed in the farming communities of Northern…
Read MoreMusa Koroma B.ENG. – From Sierra Leone to St. Petersburg
Opportunity, chance, and fortune can play such a big part in Sierra Leone sometimes. The proximity of absolute poverty to daily life means that only…
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