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Children in Crisis Construction Progresses
After many delays
Construction is well underway.
Inspired & funded by Copper Pot Pictures
"Brownstones to Red Dirt" documentary
(See new photos from 2/11/2011!)
September 8, 2010 - NBC Nightly News
Madieu Williams -
Making a Difference
by giving back to to Sierra Leone
through his Foundation's
Health & Education iniatives
Schools for Salone's Calaba Town School
funded by the Madieu Williams Foundation
July 2010 - Fundraiser by Student
Schools for Salone
Student Ambassador
Michael asks friends and family
to each send $1.00
for Sierra Leone Students Scholarships,
then ask 10 more friends to do the same.
President Obama replies
July 2010 - Maforeka School Update
The expansion is completed in
Schools for Salone's very first school
in Maforeka, near Makeni
First school built in 2005
(Learn More)
June 2010 - Teacher Training in Bo
71 rural teachers attended
the 2nd annual
Teachers Training Teachers Workshop
held up-country
in Bo
16 groups produce 16 newspapers
(Learn More)
Spring/Summer 2010 - Update
"Brownstones to Red Dirt"
documentary connects Sierra Leone kids
with inner city New York kids
and partners with Schools for Salone
to build a school for war orphans
Film Festival Screenings around the US
March 2010 - On-Line Auction
by Producer, Copper Pot Pictures,
raises over $25,000 toward new school
(Learn More)
March 23, 2010 - New Album Release
by the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
February 2010 - Two New Schools Open
with construction funding from
summer 2009 events in
Jackson Hole, Wyoming,
Opening Ceremonies were held at
Sembehun Primary School
and
Kpakuma Primary School
both near Bo
November 2009
Schools for Salone in partnership with Books For Africa
deliver a container of
22,000 Books to Sierra Leone
(Learn more)
August 7, 2009
Opening Ceremnies were held for
Niagorehun Primary School & Water Well
Thanks to Emily Heck family and friends,
Schools for Salone's newest school
was completed in May 2009
(Learn More)
August 3 - 7, 2009
Schools for Salone and InterConnections 21
hosted former child soldier, award winning author
and UNICEF Ambassador Ishmael Beah,
in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
(more photos coming soon)
He shared his story of redemption and hope
while exploring the topics of war, youth, recovery
and progress since the war in Sierra Leone.
(Learn more)
July 13 - 17, 2009
Schools for Salone, together with
Friends of Sierra Leone
(FoSL - www.FoSalone.org)
conducted a very successful Teacher Training
for the Southern Province in Bo.
(more photos coming soon)
(Learn more)
June 2009
Soccer Clinics held at 3 SfS Schools
by Safa Mannah and his family
after a May 2009 fundraiser
in San Fransicso, CA
(Learn More)
June 15, 2009
Schools for Salone Presents
the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
Benefit Concert
at Neumos, 925 East Pike Street, in Seattle
(Learn more)
March 27, 2009
Calaba Town Primary School
& Water Well
New photos from
Opening Ceremonies for
Thank you to
Madieu Williams Foundation
and Richard Sabo
for funding this school and the water well
March 25, 2009
Souhegan High School in Amherst, NH
hosted former child soldier,
award winning author
and UNICEF Ambassador Ishmael Beah,
together with Alusine Kamara,
former Director of Ishmael's
UNICEF rehabilitation home in Freetown.
(Learn more)
Donations benefitted Schools for Salone /
Books for Africa
joint project to send a container of books to rural schools in Sierra Leone.
July 13, 2008
JunctionLa,
near Ishmael Beah's home village,
was completed in June, 2008.
Ishmael Beah attended the
Opening and
Dedication Ceremony
(Learn More)
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