HOPE 4 EBOLA ORPHANS SIERRA LEONE

The kids have been learning some sobering lessons about predjudice. At first they didn't understand how some white people can hate black people just because of the color of their skin. But when they reflected on their own lives the kids began to understand the arbritray nature of predjudice. Everyone had a story to tell about being picked on or called names or chased and thrown stones at. Some because of a disablity, some because they were Ebola survivors, all, even the littl

Fruity Friday finds the kids tucking into their choice of pineappale and mango and it's usually both! The kids love that their sustainable farm, Hope Sakuma, is planting orchards of four varieiies of mango to extend the harvesting time. And the kids are even more excited that, as well as making sure vulnerable kids get enough fruit to boost nutrition, their farmers are going to peel and dry the fruit to preserve it for longer and reduce weight, volume and transport emmisions

A super-confident three times table from little Miss Destiny all the way to 36 without missing a beat before moving on to some long and quite complicated words comfortably riding from accident by way of ambulance! Sid takes up the baton with a dreamy delivery of his three by threes before, without missing a beat, little Lady Faith boldly proclaims her A through Z rounded off by Scout, who, we can all agree, is indeed good! FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY! Follow our journey bringing hope

Esteemed Engineer Amabest takes us on a six minute stroll walking us through progress on developing Hope Sakuma's inland valley swamp (IVS) bundings and rice paddy plots. Starting at the head bund of the first plot last year - where long-time readers will recall Azolla reaching Sanda Magbolontor last July - Amabest takes us past our original six plots, now combined by the Makelekos All-Stars into three larger 2,000 square metre paddies, mirrored on the other side of the bund

Good to see Madam Melrose back in the saddle having recuperated as Uncle Williams drops off vital supplies of rice and maggi, tomato paste, laundry soap, 200,000 le cash-money and even more vital supplies of biscuits and lollipops! All thanks to the generousity of Uncle Ian in the UK and Aunty Deanna and Uncle Bola in Australia. Uncle Williams also stops by the Polio Challenge Association to catch up with Ibrahim and the committee managing the old long-established polio camp

Every evening and every morning Aunty Isata (aka Mrs Amabest) lovingly prepares an Azolla and crushed corn feast for Jemima and her brood of seven and Lucky and her bakers dozen, harvesting Azolla from one of the nearby wells and gving the ducklings the best start to life. So sit back and enjoy a pleasant three minutes soaking in the sounds of Sanda Magbolontor village life watching Jemima and her six little ducklings chowing down on Aunty Isata's Azolla maize feast, two youn

This Join the kids celebrating Day of the African Child with traditional drumming courtesy of Barney and Knox and dancing with some really fine moves from Mercy, Leo, Sierra, Sophie, Mya and Alex in the individual freestyle. This day we commemorate the 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa, where children died on the streets peacefully protesting. Yet, kids today - 44 years on from Soweto to the day - face the same systemic challenges of inequality and injustice as th

Looks like Miss Mya and Alex are on a field trip visiting nurseryman Usina, mandated by the other kids to choose the mix of fruit saplings for some new orchards at Hope Sakuma, their sustainable farm. And the kids choose Gambia coconuts, orange and butter pear (avocado), guava and sweetie-sap (sour-sop) and they can't resist some of each of the Guinea mango, Cherry mango and Labè mango. Coming along for the trp are Ibrahim and Med, two market gardeners from Potoh, neighbourin