by World Hope International | May 28, 2019 | Health and Nutrition, Sierra Leone
Saturday, May 18th, was a special day for close to 60 children living with disabilities and their families. These children had the opportunity to participate in a 2-hour “football” (soccer) training session at the National Stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Organized...
by World Hope International | Mar 19, 2019 | Health and Nutrition
What does it mean to empower the vulnerable? Building on the principle of “leaving no one behind,” the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achim...
by Katie Kirkpatrick | Mar 4, 2019 | Child Sponsorship
What does it look like to create sustainable transformation? At World Hope International (WHI), we believe that children are at the heart of effecting a sustainable change; they grow up to become the changemakers themselves. Empowered, they play an important role in...
by World Hope International | Feb 21, 2019 | Resources
World Hope International has been working in Sierra Leone for over two decades now and our work has experienced significant growth in the past several years. We hope to sustain this growth through our four core values of transformation, sustainability, empowerment,...
by Haley Clark | Feb 11, 2019 | Anti-Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence
On Thursday, February 7th 2019, the President of Sierra Leone, Mr. Julius Maada Bio, declared a national emergency due to his attention having been drawn to the shockingly high number of rape and assault cases, with the majority being extremely young victims. World...
