FoSL Small Projects Funded

Where does all the grant money go?

2012:

• Daphne Sawyer-Dunn Scholarship - Paul School for the Blind, Bo, ongoing
• Peace Corps Project - Sherry Browne PCV - Build latrines at Kolenten Secondary School in Kambia. This fund is available to current PCVs. The PC office in Freetown handles the application and recommendations. ($1863)
• Batonga Foundation, Children Affected by War (CAW) - Educate young women 14 to 24 in a 2 year vocational program in Freetown. 25 girls and women selected from street children, refugees, single mothers, disabled, former sex workers. Taught tailoring, hairdressing, business principles. Also get non-formal education, medical check-ups and counseling. ($3000)
• MedShare - Medical shipment to Moyamba Hospital ($3000)
• Ebert Kakua School for the Deaf in Bo - Water system at school ($2373)
• Maryland Sustanability Engineering - Solar power for Colaba Town Primary School, Western Freetown ($1000)
• Magic Penny - Paving around primary school iin Bobpehtake, Moyamba District ($1250)

2011:

• HIV/AIDS Awareness Cup – shipping football equipment ($1000)
• Daphne Sawyer-Dunn Memorial – scholarships to the Paul School for the Blind ($250)
• author Aminatta Forna’s school in Sierra Leone – reading and book signing for the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary celebration ($200)
• Kono Foundation Agricultural Project - Camara Chiefdom ($2000)
• Magbenyani Women’s Agricultural Project - Valunia Chiefdom ($2000)

2010:

• School for Visually Impaired in Freetown/Grafton – perimeter wall for school ($3000)
• Polio Challenge – treating elephantiasis patients in Bombali District ($3000)
• Daru Arts Project – teaching students traditional arts and crafts ($1000)
• Peace Corps Partnership ($500)
• Romanke Primary School in Tonkolili District ($2400)
• Dodo Agricultural Project – piggery ($2800)

2009:

• Women’s Agricultural Project – Kabala ($3000)
• Gborie Technical Institution – roof ($3000)
• Wellbodi – Ola During Pediatric Hospital nurses training ($3000)

2008:

• Women for Women – Yele/library – ($3000)
• Peaceful Schools – community centre – ($3000)
• Pan-African Development – school – ($3000)
• School for the Blind Freetown – kitchen – ($2000)

2007:

• Garri Production – Makeni – ($2300)
• HIV/AIDS education Kenema – ($2900)
• Adult Literacy – Bo – ($3000)
• Science and Health Education – Makeni – ($2900)
• Agricultural Bombali – ($3000)

2006:

• Prosthetics Outreach Foundation ($3000)
• Masanga Children’s Foundation ($1000)
• Africa Surgery – Tom Johnson’s medical project ($2000)
• Textbook shipment through the Foundation for West Africa ($3000)

2005:

• Medshare International – shipping medical supplies ($5000)
• Generator for Talking Drum Radio ($3000)
• Cornelia Bailey – Sapelo Island presentation ($200)

2004:

• Africa Surgery – Tom Johnson’s medical project ($3500)
• Special projects in Freetown ($1000)
• Fund for African Relief and Education ($500)

2003:

• AfroAmeric Institute of Cosmetology ($5000)
• SamKam Foundation ($3000)
• Kono Progressive Women’s Association ($3840)
• Foundation for Rural Development ($3220)
• Media Foundation for Peace and Development ($3010)