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Sierra Leone

Children in Crisis has been working in Sierra Leone since 1999. During that time we have built and repaired 11 schools and reached over 20,000 school children with our HIV education & prevention programme.

In 2012 we are starting some new projects in some of the poorest areas of Sierra Leone:

Reviving primary schools
Project
The rural communities of Kambia are among the poorest rural areas in Sierra Leone. Levels of literacy are incredibly low (49% of men, 29% of women) and the quality of education is so low that there is little support among families to send their children to school, with girls particularly affected. Currently: the lack of faith in the education system is well founded, only 43% of teachers are... Read more
Cost-effective Education
Project
A 20 month project designed to identify and address the barriers to children’s education in rural Sierra Leone. Working in three of the most remote rural communities in Kambia we will be running various community engagement activities designed to identify and address the factors which stop children completing a primary education. We will do this by: holding adult literacy circles,... Read more
Disability Survey
Project
In 2011 Children in Crisis launched a survey to explore and document the alarming truth about children with disabilities in Sierra Leone. Instances of children being hidden away, abused and denied their basic human rights have been reported although the full extent is not known. What we do know is that there are a significant number of children with disabilities and access to education for them... Read more
Past Project - HIV & AIDS Education
Project
HIV is a compulsory subject in the primary school curriculum of Sierra Leone, however teachers are often ill-prepared to teach about HIV in the classroom; they have not been trained and lack the confidence to teach the lessons, therefore all too often HIV is not taught about at all. Sierra Leone's Community of Change: project update A Successful End Working with our local partners FAWE ... Read more