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Current projects 2020
Farming Basket project –
aim – to help the main bread winners within families, often women, to produce food for their families and some to sell.
funds were sent to Newton to enable the purchase of seeds/plants and chickens to be distributed to about 20 ladies.
This project was suggested by the Baptist Pastor, Brima James Kabia. We hope to be able to raise funds for similar projects. If you are interested in helping please see our how you can help page.
A Newly Completed Water Well
It has been wonderful to see photos of the newly completed water well, sent to us by the ONL Committee in Newton.
Mabinty Sesay, Treasurer of the Newton Committee, has confirmed that the well was being used by the local community as well as one of the schools. Completion had been hampered by the continuing rainy season which seemed to have lasted much longer than usual. However, we are so pleased that it’s now up and running – a very valuable resource.
A Dressmaking/Tailoring Future for Young People
We have recently had a request from our friend Brima James Kabia in Newton. He would like to set up a dressmakers/tailoring business for young people who have missed out on education. He had asked for manual sewing machines and an electric one plus a small generator. We are delighted to say that a charity based in Chesham – ‘Workaid’ – has supplied us with an electric sewing machine plus an assortment of accessories all free of charge (see photograph). So all the Olney Newton Link need to do is pay shipping costs. The manual machines can be purchased in Sierra Leone.
We are looking forward to receiving photos of the workshop in due course – we know it will be a very successful little business and are looking forward to watching it develop.
*Workaid tackle poverty by supplying disadvantaged people with the tools they need to acquire practical skills and become self supporting.
(http://workaid.org)