Greetings from Sierra Leone! The Study Tour group arrived safe and sound. We have been joined by Cleo Jerrett from SI Freetown on the tour.
We were given a very warm welcome in Bo yesterday with lovely songs sung by the girls in the teen mother program. We were able to watch them learn different skills such as sewing, tie-dyeing, batik, and hairdressing. Girls learning catering and hotel management prepared a wonderful lunch for us. Delicious!
After touring the centre in Bo, we split into groups and visited some of the beneficiaries of the teen mother. These young women were amazing--and incredibly grateful for the opportunities they now have as a result of this project Soroptimists are funding!
And, this morning we discovered that the baby on the front of the Project SIerra leaflet is the daughter of Mary, a graduate of the teen mother program. (Mary's face is gracing the upper right hand corner of the leaflet!)
Mary now works at the New Sahara Hotel where we stayed last night. Mary proudly showed us a recent photo of her daughter, Mary Anna, who is now 3 and attending preschool. What a joy to meet this wonderful woman and hear her success story!! We will upload photos of Mary holding the "then and now" photos of Mary Anna as soon as we can--but it may not be until next week.
Today we head for Makeni and another Hope & Homes/HANCI project.
More to come later....the January 2010 Study Tour.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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