Hello people! Here we are at the beginning of a new month here in Sierra Leone. We are Sure it is feeling very festive at home as the days draw into Christmas and we see all the trees and decorations go up, but here at 30° it is not feeling quite the same. Sarah and I are well and have…
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A New Month
1st December 2015 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020, Latest News
Support from Ironmongery Direct
24th November 2015 | Posted in Latest NewsWith the plans in place Home Leone are now able to begin building their new vibrant, safe and sustainable community in Sierra Leone. In order to move the project forward we are still seeking vital funds. Another important way of helping is by donating imperative tools which we simply cannot get at a high standard in Freetown. This is exactly…
Adventist Hospital Reopens
20th November 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogAfter many years in Sierra Leone, I have made friends and built many schools, clinics and homes. It is exciting that one of the places where I have been enabling the building of wards, accommodation and refurbishment is the AHS Hospital in Waterloo. During the last year, it was taken over as an Ebola centre but after this was closed…
Life in Sierra Leone
19th November 2015 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020, Latest NewsDear family and friends, Here we are on the way to our first month settling here in The amazing Sierra Leone. This week has been a lively one. With Lots more bricks, Getting stuck on the road to a local mine and had to be dug out in our lorry, Our security man was in a bike accident and had…
Ebola Free
10th November 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogThis weekend noted a landmark in Sierra Leones history. On the one hand to celebrate the hoped end of the Ebola virus gripping a nation, yet somehow tempered by the remembrance of many who died, some giving their lives that others might live. There is much talk of post- ebola reconstruction. In truth there were many challenges facing the nation…
WEEK ONE
1st November 2015 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020, Latest NewsYoo hoo. So we are at week 1 and there has been so much going on! So first is the progress on the site, which has gone well. We have picked up our 2 brick making machines, the 2 sieves to grade the earth ready for making blocks on Monday. See Pics We have employed 6 labour and 2 skilled…