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He Rides 40 Minutes Every Morning for His Students: Meet Mohamed Nelly Koroma
For many teachers in Sierra Leone’s last-mile communities, getting to school is itself an act of commitment. Every morning, Mohamed ...Learning that Looks and Feels like Us. Yak Jones Foundation brings Sierra Leone into the ...
A child learning the alphabet is learning much more than letters. Behind every “A” to “Z” is an opportunity to ...He Built a Generator Out of Tablespoons. Now He’s Turning Sierra Leone’s Trash into Jobs.
Mohamed A. Kamara, 33, grew up in a home where electricity was a luxury. His father worked as a security ...Sierra Leone’s Mariyam Konneh Named Among Africa’s Top 6 in Miss World’s ‘Beauty With a ...
Sierra Leone’s Mariyam Lorba Konneh has made the Top 6 in Africa. Her project was selected in this year’s Beauty ...From Savings to Safety: How to Upgrade Your Kitchen with Mikashboks
Afrigras and Mikashboks team up with new Save to Buy Initiative Cooking at home just got a little easier—and a ...It Takes a Teacher: Transforming Education in Sierra Leone From the Ground Up
Every child remembers a teacher who believed in them. The teacher who stayed behind after class to explain a difficult ...Building Diaspora Investment Infrastructure: Lessons from the Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference
Editor’s Note: This blog is second in a series to highlight opportunities to mobilize and structure diaspora capital presented by ...A Winning Ticket, A New Home: Abu Fomba Receives Mercury International’s $81,000 Grand Prize
Thirty-nine-year-old Abu Fomba, a small-scale miner from Kenema, is the latest winner of Mercury International’s “Win A House” promotion, walking ...SLDIC USA 2026 Postponed to 2027 — Attention Now Turns to Sierra Leone Diaspora Week, ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montgomery County, Maryland — July 2026 The Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference (SLDIC) today announces that ...Sierra Leone’s link to the New Black Panther: David Jonsson
There’s a new Black Panther and this time, it’s a Krio borbor with roots from Sierra Leone. Marvel Studios made ...
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He Rides 40 Minutes Every Morning for His Students: Meet Mohamed Nelly Koroma
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