New day and great to welcome Katherine back after a month’s break in England. Our talks covered thinking about a school for a village of 344 – how many primary school children, what facilities, how many in a class, how many toilets, kitchen facilities – all what fits the culture and give the children the best chance. Met Lavern and…
Archive for January, 2016
Freetown arrival
13th January 2016 | Posted in Nigel's BlogLanded at 5am, breakfast catch up and then to meetings. Visited the Ministry of Works Housing and Infrastructure today and met its Permanent secretary and senior officials. We need a “letter of attestation from our “line” ministry. We first asked for this 18 months ago and despite well over 20 visits from our staff we keep being played with and…
To Sierra Leone
11th January 2016 | Posted in Nigel's BlogThis evening I am off to Sierra Leone again. My hope is to meet people that can help fund our initiative to provide jobs and build homes for some of the worlds poorest slum dwellers. We have redrawn our village map and looks like we can build at least 344 homes – that’s over 2,000 people given new opportunities. The…
Happy New Year from Sierra Leone
4th January 2016 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020Dear beloved back in the UK and abroad if you are away for Christmas. Merry Christmas from Joe and Sarah in Freetown!!! We have been having a lovely time on our balcony eating good and listening to plenty of carols to muster up a bit of what we enjoy back home every year. Christmas is big here too, the taxis…