Sierra Leone is now inextricably linked in our minds to Ebola.  I have just visited a treatment centre where our friends at the AHS hospital have been working to play their part.  We stood outside the “red zone” looking in as the doctor gave us an update. I have been involved in a project to extend the hospital when the part…

The leader of the Sierra Leone Housing Corporation is one of the few people I have met with a heart and compassion to build low cost homes. Unfortunately they don’t have resources to develop. They have not build a low cost house since 1989. Those they have built have been taken or sold off. All that remains is 58 high…

As we walked the land for a second time, the dream of seeing hundreds of people living in a land of opportunity seemed one step closer. Our signs saying this land is Home Leone’s are a real encouragement. We met with some wonderful guys who dig wells and as it turned out, their base is only 3 miles from our…

Visiting friends in tough places doesn’t get easier. There at a facility we enabled to be built for those with alcohol and substance abuse was a man chained up. He had absconded in search of drugs. Can a hospital; become a prison? Well with mental health our country relies on drugs and chemistry to help so many through mental health…

Church was different. A choir in bright colour robes led the way. The speakers are often loud but the vibrancy so lifting. Then on to one of the slums I have been visiting for a while. The one filmed in our video. We met the local councillor, Mr Bangura who was keen to share her insights. One group were proud…

  Tamba and Agnes are truly remarkable Sierra Leoneans. Tamba did not see a car till he was 12. Starting on the streets and fending for himself, he has been instrumental in helping Home Leone secure the land. Today, they run a small “factory” called Living Seeds. They have 30 ladies employed sewing industrial safety garments. Another 24 are in…