What a joy to have Yvonne Aka-Sawyer, Mayor of Freetown and her team visited Destiny Village yesterday. It was amazing how many people on our staffs knew each other. Yvonne met some of the residents and heard their first-hand stories. She had the opportunity to see our first businesses in action. Coming on a day where we were interviewing family…
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Mayor of Freetown visits Destiny and is inspired by our approach
16th March 2019 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's Blog
Deputy Minister of Planning visits
15th March 2019 | Posted in Nigel's BlogThe President of Sierra Leone launched the government’s priority document on 28 February. This sets out the things they consider important. We were delighted to see that housing was a key government objective. The Deputy Minister for Planning, (who covers infrastructure development) was enthused by his visit. It was great to meet him and his team as they spent 3…
Kroo Bay Fire wipes out more homes
4th March 2019 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogOn Sunday we were in Kroo Bay, the largest Freetown Slum, sharing opportunities for families to move to a new life in Destiny Village. Last night a fire raged through the area. The Mayor, who visits Destiny Village next week, tells how 3 fire trucks arrived but couldn’t access the area because of all its narrow walkways. The assessments will…
Home Leone has a new bank account
25th February 2019 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogWe have successfully moved our bank account today from Yorkshire to Lloyds Bank. The details are: Account name: Home Leone Sort Code: 30-90-89 Account Number: 39610168 If you give by standing order, please could you change it to this address? We have a few people who give by standing order who we don’t seem to have contact details for, so…
Filling a container on 22 and 23 February
14th February 2019 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogI wonder if you have any time on Friday 22 or Saturday 23 February to help us fill a container? This will ship vital supplies to Sierra Leone. It is located at Walsall (WS8 7EN) near Birmingham. We have a lot of things stored so are bringing in a 20ft container to pack tightly with what we have. It includes…
On the Move!
7th February 2019 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogThis week we started to implement our plans to find the next 41 families to move from Freetown’s horrific slums to a new life in Destiny village. By June we will have built 56 low-cost and affordable homes and the school will be ready to open its doors in September. Nicola, Jonathan and Andrew continue to work with the slum…