Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the the world. A group of teachers and parents in Victoria, BC formed a society in 2003 to improve the learning conditions of the 500 students of Ahmadiyya Primary School in Taiama, Sierra Leone. With generous donations from the Victoria and Vancouver communities, they have built ten classrooms, a well, a garden, and a block of latrines, and this year, a health center.
Below: Construction begins on school and health center, February 2010
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School, completed in April 2010
Below: Judy Smith Memorial Health Centre, completed in 2010
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Accomplishments to Date:
- first five classrooms (2005, 2007)
- second block of five classrooms (2007,2010)
- block of l0 latrines (2007)
- health education centre (2010)
Continuing and future projects
- Health centre (2010-2015)
- School library (2011-12)
- Traditional crafts workshop (2012)
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