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Tools packed and ready to go!

29th October 2015 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020, Latest News

Dear Friends and Family, After 3 eventful weeks we have arrived at D day (departure). It has been so busy that tonight as I look back it seems like a blur of activity and final times together with different people, which has been beautiful. We would like to say thank you to all the people from New Hope Christian fellowship,…

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Greetings from Freetown

1st October 2015 | Posted in Cycle and Run with Home Leone 2020, Latest News

Hi from us in Freetown for the first time! It is always interesting to see how after being in a new place for only a few days it can have so much packed in and so many new people and places that it feels like a lot, lot longer. Day 3 here in Freetown and today we visited an Ebola…

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Home to Sierra Leone

1st October 2015 | Posted in Latest News

Arriving in a place that’s just been flooded isn’t easy, yet those who suffered the most were in the slum communities.  

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A few challenges

28th September 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's Blog

Working in Sierra Leone is hard to describe.  There are often obstacles to what you want to achieve and no matter how you try to plan or foresee, things happen.  This morning it was pouring with rain, and then we discovered the generator had run out of fuel.  And my computer battery was on low.  Then the internet, that is supposed…

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A site and housing designed

27th September 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's Blog

As I sit and reflect on a key week in Home Leone’s life, I am excited to see we move forward to the day in November when the first houses will start to be built. After this week with a wonderful team, we have settled on a design for the homes and how they could be laid out on our 20…

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A Plan comes together

25th September 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's Blog

It’s great when a plan comes together.  This morning we had sketched the 20 acre site out and have a clear plan for what we can do.  Initially there will be 304 homes, which could rise to 350.  The school, football and basketball pitch alongside the community centre and market areas will provide a sense of space. After we surveyed the land it…

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