Our Projects
Agricultural Projects
Sierra Leone, West Africa
September 2023 - Date
Doing whatever little I can to help develop my home country Sierra Leone, has been my lifelong dream. This dream is now slowly becoming a reality as as in September 2023, I was able to successfully launch my Rural Development Initiatives in rural Sierra Leone (SL), West Africa.
My organization is providing funding for the cultivation of local foods in Bompehtoke and Grafton rural towns in SL. I am also utilizing my family land located in Bompehtoke (Sherbro land), a rural town in the Southern Province of SL to grow rice in large quantities since rice is the staple food in SL to help end the food shortage.
The hard-working Bompehtoke and Grafton community farmers I’m working with are planting rice, peanuts, corn, cashew, peppers and local vegetables on a yearly basis since September 2023. Rice mills and rice threshers were provided for rural farmers in March 2024 so they can begin to produce and sell stone free bagged rice. This initiative is now generating income for the community farmers working on the farm; and they’re using this income to care for their families and send their kids to school, thereby by reducing poverty directly and improving livelihoods in Bompehtoke and Grafton towns. In addition, this project is now helping with increasing food supplies in the local community markets.
Educational Projects
Sierra Leone, West Africa
May 2024 - Date
To give the kids in Bompehtoke town (Sherbro Land), Sierra Leone, a shot at a brighter future, easy access to secondary school education is vital to prepare them to pursue numerous career paths. But unfortunately, Bompehtoke town has no high school. So, my rural development initiative has allocated land for the building of the very 1st high school in Bompehtoke and construction is underway! The completion of this school building project in August 2026 will make it possible for all kids attending the 5 primary schools in Bompehtoke town, to have an opportunity for the very first time to receive education beyond the primary school level in Bompehtoke starting in September 2026.
As these kids grow up, I want to ensure they have the same easy access to education just as I did and just as my daughter did who is now a college graduate, and now has a career because we both had easy access to education, so these kids too can help to positively change the world.
Women Empowerment
Using agriculture to foster women’s economic empowerment
September 2023 - Date
I am using agriculture to foster women’s economic empowerment and at the same time address food insecurity in Bompehtoke (Sherbro Land) and Grafton towns.
Since September 2023, I have been intentionally seeking and hiring women to work on my agriculture farms in Bompehtoke and Grafton towns to help end poverty among women in rural SL. I am also providing rice and peanut seeds free of charge for women farmers in Bompehtoke and in 6 more villages surrounding Bompehtoke that cannot afford to buy seeds but want to cultivate their own farms so they too can to grow more food to feed their families and sell some of their produce to improve their livelihoods. And I am also providing vegetable seeds as well for the Grafton women rural farmers. Providing seeds for them in the past 2 years has enabled them to start or expand their agricultural businesses, increase food production in their communities and improve their livelihoods.
All the women that work on my agriculture farms have received little to no education because Bompehtoke only has primary schools. This has limited their abilities to pursue numerous career paths which is the main reason for the persistent poverty that exists in the Bpmpehtoke community. My company is currently poviding agriculture job opportunities for these women to help address this problem. I am also currently building the 1st secondary school in Bompehtoke town to help provide access to high school education for the kids growing up now in Bompehtoke.
I am also providing micro entrepreneur assistant grants for the Bompehtoke women farmers I am working with to further improve their livelihoods. The Bompehtoke women do not only play a key role in cultivating Sierra Leone’s staple food (rice), they have also learnt how to operate the rice mills and rice threshers I provided to improve the post-harvest rice value chain. Working with these strong women is my own small way of saying NO to hunger and poverty in Sierra Leone. And together we are taking up this monumental challenge to help address the food shortage in SL, improve livelihoods and at the same time, foster sustainable economic development.
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama
End Hunger Rice Project
Sierra Leone, West Africa
March 2024 - Date
I am doing what I can to help address the food shortage in Sierra Leone (SL) by purchasing rice processing machines (rice mills and rice threshers) through my rural development initiatives to speed up the post-harvest processes and also add value to the rice we produce. Now for the very first time Bompehtoke town (Sherbro Land) in SL, is supplying stone free bagged rice named “SaLone Rice” to help end the food shortage in their community. Rice is the staple food in SL however, most Sierra Leoneans cannot afford to buy a bag (50 kg) of rice monthly because the price of a bag of rice is very expensive, and in some cases, it costs more than the monthly income of low-income earners. So, most people living in SL can only afford to buy just a few cups a day. SL is such a small country with plenty of fertile lands to grow more than enough rice to feed the entire population of SL which is approximately 8.4 million people. But there is not much motivation to grow plenty of rice in SL mainly because SL farmers cannot afford to buy rice processing machines, thereby prolonging the processing time for cooking locally grown rice as it’s very tedious for households to separate the rice from the stones. So most Sierra Leoneans buy imported rice instead. Additionally, processing rice in SL with no processing machines after the harvest requires intense back-breaking manual labor which is also why there’s not much incentive for SL rural farmers to grow rice in abundance for commercial purposes.
The purchase of these rice processing machines and the distribution of free rice seeds have motivated the Bompehtoke farmers to clear more land so they can begin to plant plenty of rice starting in 2024. To continue to motivate rural farmers to grow more rice, more of these rice processing machines will be bought to set up as many rice processing stations in rural SL as possible to process the harvested rice easily and at a faster rate after the harvest in order to encourage the rice farmers to grow rice in abundance each year to help address the food shortage problem in SL.
Healthcare Projects
Sierra Leone, West Africa
December 2023 - Date
To ensure healthy lives and well-being in Bompehtoke, Sierra Leone, my rural development initiative has successfully completed the total renovation of the Bompehtoke community hospital. The community members as well as the healthcare workers are breathing a sigh of relief as healthcare services are now being provided in a hygienic, safe, and clean environment in Bompehtoke. This hospital serves all the 6 villages within Bompehtoke town.
This one and only Bompehtoke community hospital was the top priority for my development work as it was in much need of repairs because the roof had been leaking for the past 3 years. This resulted in adverse health outcomes as community members who needed healthcare for the past 3 years were receiving care in a facility with wet and slippery floors during the rainy season, and this caused water damages and mold build up everywhere, making it difficult for healthcare workers to provide care in an environment that was unsafe and unhealthy.
In addition, I have purchased much needed basic medical supplies and instruments for the Bompehtoke community hospital, and these include baby delivery instruments sets, dental instruments, stainless steel medical instrument cases, IV drip stands, bed screen dividers, window curtains, bulletin boards, bedsheets, bedcovers, pillow cases and table clothes as the hospital only had 2 baby delivery instruments sets, rusty IV drip stands and none of the other items the hospital received from my organization.
