Country Info
- Freetown
- Capital
- Leone (SLL)
- Currency
- 5,426,618
- Population
- SL
- Country Code
Freetown Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone (Day 3)
... Lynn are arranging surgery tomorrow and will pay for what is needed and the Peltons now have a son that they will support in Sierra Leone. We have seen God working through us in ways we never expected. Are we changing? Immensely! ...
Happy Birthday to Me
Apologies again for the unseemly gaps in my blogging, but internet is bad at the best of times, and with so many volunteers around at the moment, my net time is pretty limited. But I thought I'd better make a little time to lock myself in the ...
Sierra Leone (Day 4)
... dinner and concluded with writing a formal letter of proposal to the department of Land Development to obtain 2-3 acres in west Freetown to build a new GGM mission building for future growth. We were encouraged to submit this proposal after ...
Sierra Leone (Day 6)
... , we will take inventory of their radiology department and current capabilities. There is no CT scanner in the country of Sierra Leone!!! We also hope to formulate a medical advisory committee upon our return to enable us to assist with their multiple ...
Sierra Leone (Day 5)
... first NGO (non-governmental organization) . The reason for our meeting was to discuss what activities World Vision does in Sierra Leone and see if there are any partnership possibilities. They have no outreach to the amputees specifically. They were very ...
It's been one week...
... running any type of business or organization. Our ward is overcrowded, the beds need repaired, the accountant is coming in from Freetown, but the files were on the computer with the virus, patients need to be picked up in Ginuea and... ...
Abstecher nach Sierra Leone
... kurz, das Internet hier ist saulahm und ich hab nur noch ein paar Minuten: Bin jetzt seit Montagnachmittag in Freetown, der Hauptstadt von Sierra Leone und es ist einfach nur geil! Die Stadt ist auf einer huegeligen Halbinsel gebaut und hat mehr Leben ...
Freetown
... plus moche les unes des autres. Heureusement les gens sont tres sympathiques. J ai pris 2 heures avec l aide d un habitant de Freetown, entre 10H et minuit, avant de trouver un hotel de libre pas cher sur Freetown. Et tout cela gratuitement pour aider ...
More Guff I wrote
... since a lot of things I can get here are a bloody sight cheaper than anywhere else... but I have to keep reminding myself that after Sierra Leone I go back to being a backpacker and I have to carry all this crap... But I don't think I'm going to be able ...
Merry Christmas
Well its been a trials and tribulations type Christmas here in Sierra Leone. It started with an adventurous Christmas eve when the doctor decided at 6pm that I really needed to take the medicine for my dodgy bell via a drip. So I spent most of Christmas ...
Mile 91
Yesterday we went on an excursion to Mile 91, which is a tiny village east of Freetown, where a cultural festival was due to open. It was the most amazing experience! To get there we had to tackle huge stretches of road that were littered with massive car ...
Sur le chemin de Freetown
Makeni est l ancienne base du RUF, une rebellion qui avait mis le sierra leone dans le chaos. Heureusement maintenant c est la paix, avec des villes qui ne sont pas des plus ...
The Great Phone Heist
... Later today I went back to the office to submit my statement, so now I can rest easy over the weekend in the knowledge that the Sierra Leonean Police Force is hot on the heals of the dudes who stole my gear...All in all it was one of those fantastic wacky ...
More from Kingtom
This whole business gets worse... Ive spent the last few days trying to find someone who is in a position to help the kids still stuck in the Remand School but none of the organisations set up to deal with this shit are doing anything practical. I ...
We don't need no water, let it burn.
... and of course five minutes later their shed was up in flames. The family never said a word. Later, Benjamin told me that in Sierra Leone people want to deal with the effect of a problem, that they'd rather not try to prevent it. There is a ...
A much needed vacation
I'm sitting on the porch of a bungalow at River No. 2 outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone. It's a Monday so my 3 friends and I are the only ones here. The sand is white and the ocean is dark blue, not the crystal blue of the Caribbean but a much darker ...
I thought I was supposed to miss the Rain?
Sorry again for the time between updates. It's been a busy week or so, and it hasn't helped that I've been a bit under the weather with some form of chest infection. My dad was good enough to provide me with the Lonely Planet's Guide to ...
Sierra Leone (Day 7) - Makeni
... and so many hearts have been touched including our own. We have traveled in safety and remain in great emotional, physical and spiritual health. Good night to our friends in Sierra Leone and USA. Please go directly to Oct.7 entry... ...
New Years Eve
... given the number of places he's been. So while the evening its self was fairly uneventful, just lots of drinking, cursing of Sierra Leone and a discussions about the recent rugby world cup, I had an excellent time and managed to meet lots a crew. The ...
Sierra Leone (Day 2)
... 10:30 headed for Freetown in "1st Class". The following pictures show the people disembarking the ferry and our drive through Freetown. They speak volumes to the abject poverty!! It's indescribable!! We stopped at our partner's headquarters, GGM-SL, ...
Culture Shock
... I have felt really ill for the past 4 days, I think I caught a cold along the way, so my initial impression of Freetown hasn't been particularly rosy. The camp dogs strolling across the runway at the International Airport was a bit of an indication of ...
Witchy Woman
... a month, one of our patients has been accused of being a witch. The occult is something that is deeply ingrained in most Sierra Leoneans. Though the country is about 60% Muslim, 30% Christian, and only 10% Other, most everyone I've spoken with ...
there she blows, a hump like a snowhill!...
They call him Ishmael, and he is my driver. He took over for Sulu once we got into "the bush." He told me he got an award for his driving last year. Well...I'm still alive, so I guess I believe him. I wrote to you last time about the rough roads we had ...
William Street Riot?
I would never have guess that coming to work could be so damn action packed! Id been in the office for about ½ and hour, reading over pamphlets and waiting for some of my work mates to appear so we could maybe do some work? (You cant rush these ...
blanket forts
... and headlights. [for those of you who still may be saying to your self, "Self, i understand why Morocco, but WHY Sierra Leone?" the quick and easy of it all is that i got commissioned by the development organization World Vision to photograph some ...
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