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FSL Secondary School Campbell Town

Our new secondary school in Campbell Town.
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Education

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 ...
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Education

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 ...
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Education

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 ...
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Young Entrepreneurship

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.
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Young Entrepreneurship

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

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

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 ...
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Emergency Aid

UMC Primary School Campbell Town, Waterloo

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

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.
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Education

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 ...
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WASH

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 ...
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WASH

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 ...
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WASH

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.
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WASH

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Elections on June 24, 2023

Julius Maada Bio confirmed in office as president - The election results in Sierra Leone

Incumbent President Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) has been sworn in again following Sierra Leone's June 24 nationwide election. Bio, 59, won 56.17 percent of the vote, according to the official results of the electoral commission, while his challenger Samura Kamara of the opposition All People’s Congress (ACP) party won 41.6 percent. It was the fifth election since the end of the civil war in 2002. In addition to the president, the parliament was also elected, the 14 seats of the district Paramount Chiefs had already been decided on May 20.

The election took place in the midst of a severe economic crisis that is especially affecting the country's young people. Sixty percent of young people are unemployed (according to Deutsche Welle) and the poor economic situation is leading to strong inflation. The price of rice has quadrupled since 2018, when President Bio first took office. Since 60 percent of the 3.3 million eligible voters (out of a population of 8 million) were younger than 35, these issues caused friction.

The election results are being disputed by the opposition, and international election observers also speak of a "lack of transparency and communication" on the part of the electoral authority. "Bio [is] criticized for his actions against political opponents" (Die Zeit, June 27, 2023), but also enjoys great prestige in the country, not least because of his education offensive and infrastructure measures. Before the election, he had announced that the focus of the next government period would be on agriculture. After the election, he called for peaceful interaction.

The country Sierra Leone

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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Partners

EMAS-International e.V.
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
Don Bosco
Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
NGO Network Sierra Leone
Orthopedics for the third world / GLOBOLAB e.V.