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Hopeful steps. Strong relationships. Successful networks. Project-related start-up capital.

Our vision is to contribute to the sustainable improvement of living conditions in Sierra Leone.

Current Projects

From Spain to Sierra Leone

Covering more than 5,000 km, Tim Kremer's route will take him across eight West African countries and through the Sahara, the world's largest desert.

FSL Secondary School Campbell Town

Our new secondary school in Campbell Town.

New secondary school in Campbell Town

In order to enable a seamless transition from primary school to continuing education, the planning for the construction of a secondary school in Campbell Town is completed and the ...

Girls Empowerment: Education makes girls strong

This scholarship program supports socially disadvantaged and talented girls for twelve months each through regular meetings, excursions, Skype conferences, further training in IT a ...

Entrepreneurship: Promoting young entrepreneurs in the IT sector

This project aims to kindle young entrepreneurial spirit and support the promotion of small business owners in the digital field. After a feasibility study we decided to arrange a ...

Business Plan Competition (BPC) for start-ups in IT

Three winning teams that pursue their dream of an Information Technology (IT) start-up to be selected for a one year kickstart programme including financial scholarship.

Emergency Aid after the fire in Susan's Bay (2021)

Support of CARITAS' food supply for Susan's Bay fire victims.

Corona Emergency Aid (2020)

Even before the first Covid-19 case in Sierra Leone was reported, the association launched a first aid package. The main focus was on the distribution of hygiene items as well as e ...

UMC Primary School Campbell Town, Waterloo

Long-term support for particularly needy children through food, clean water, clothing, regular health care, and school supplies.

Educational partnership between the universities of Makeni and Würzburg

The educational partnership between the university of Würzburg and UNIMAK is the extension of the project in support of the Hosetta Abdullah Memorial Special Needs School.

Access to clean water at St. John of God Hospital, Lunsar

In the cities as well as on the countryside, the water supply in Sierra Leone is often problematic in terms of quality and quantity. With the construction of a borehole and the fin ...

Well Drilling School

Improving access to clean water and empowering young entrepreneurs. In many regions of Sierra Leone, there is no safe and clean drinking water supply. With the help of this project ...

Water supply of the Don Bosco Mudslide Village

After the landslide disaster, the association organized rapid relief for the victims of the landslide in order to immediately alleviate the greatest need on site. In a newly built ...

Water supply of the Therapy Centre Don Bosco New Fambul

After the landslide disaster, the association sponsored several follow-up projects to the emergency aid provided. The Don Bosco Fambul therapy center is one of them.

News

From Spain to Sierra Leone – 5,000 km by bike through West Africa and the Sahara for the FSL Secondary School in Waterloo

In October 2025, Tim Kremer – a long-standing friend of our chairman, Dr. Dietmar Scheiter, and of Für Sierra Leone e.V. – will embark on an extraordinary cycling journey from Spain to Sierra Leone. Covering more than 5,000 km, his route will take him across eight West African countries and through the Sahara, the world’s largest desert. With this remarkable endeavor, Tim aims to raise funds for the FSL Secondary School in Waterloo and to strengthen the long-term educational opportunities of its students.

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The country Sierra Leone

The West African country of Sierra Leone has had suffered from the bloody diamond war in the 1990s, and from the Ebola epidemic. Since then, things are slowly looking up and people are regaining hope.

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