New School Block Thanks to Bank of Ireland Staff

Thanks to a very generous donation from Bank of Ireland Staff Charitable Fund we are now in a position to provide another school block in Rothana community, Sierra Leone. This will replace a damaged old building which was used as the class numbers had grown greatly.

SHF has already funded a school block, teacher housing, solar lighting and a school water well.

The new block will include a pre-school.

Material for the building is being purchased at present and a SHF delegation will officially the new block in February 2023.

The Pre-school will get a new home

The preschool kids will get a nice new classroom

This unsuitable building will be replaced by the new block

Cameroon School Block Being Built

Work is progressing on the school block we have co-funded with US foundation Global Pearls in Debundscha, Cameroon.

The overall objective of this project is to reduce the overcrowded classrooms and improve the

learning conditions in the Debundscha Primary School, through planned activities like the

construction of two ventilated classrooms block, and a two pit toilets block, the supply of

school textbooks, and benches, and lastly, training pupils, and teachers on healthy sanitation

habits and good use/maintenance of the toilets.

Since October 2021 till date our local partners have been able to construct the foundations of the two

classrooms and toilets blocks.

A Good Day in Robonka School

The people in Robonka community in Sierra Leone are very committed to education. The SHF delegation visited there on their last trip. The school badly needs to be renovated but 300 pupils attend. Recently we sent €600 to help the children. Our Country Director, Alimamy Samura has sent a report:

“The distribution of learning materials comprising school bags, exercise books, geometry sets, rulers, pens, pencils, erasers, and sharpeners took place at the school ground yesterday the 27th. of October at 9:00 am. Rev. Fr. Baimba the RC Schools Manager for that parish was in attendance. Some community stakeholders and parents also witnessed the distribution exercise. A total of 73 pupils benefited from the assistance. Classes 4 and 5 received a school bag, 6 Cobra books, geometry set, pen, and a ruler each whilst the remaining pupils received a dozen normal exercise books, a ruler, pen, pencil, eraser, and a sharpener each. Small cash of Le.100,000 (€8) was also provided to the three community teachers as a kind of honorarium. The pupils, community stakeholders, and parents present were very much happy and asked me to convey their sincere thanks and appreciation to you and the entire Foundation for the great support provided to them. Rev. Fr. Baimba in his address thanked SHF for such a humanitarian gesture that came as a surprise. He called on the parents to cooperate with the school authorities in building up their children's academic performance. He ended his speech with the hope that more big things will happen in Robonka community. The chief also gave a short statement and thanked you for the wonderful gift. The exercise ended with joy and the pupils went back to their respective classes”