Aminata Koroma
After two years of study, Aminata Koroma, age 27, received her Certificate of Merit in Tailoring and Dressmaking from our own Skill Training in Tailoring Program. Last October Aminata accepted a one-month job from a […]
Trip Reports
Skill Training: Tailoring Program
There are no large retail chains in Sierra Leone. Everyone must choose between buying used clothing donated by foreign charities and sold in the local markets, or having their clothes made
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Abibu Kamara
Abibu Kamara, age three, suffered from a tuberculosis infection that damaged his upper spine about one year ago. Africa Surgery placed Abibu on anti-tuberculosis medications that will eradicate the disease from his system, relieve
COVID-19 & Its Effects on the Students of Sierra Leone
Thanks to hard lessons learned five years ago during the Ebola hemorrhagic fever epidemic in West Africa, Sierra Leone was already well experienced in the practice of quarantining, contact tracing, and lock
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Isatu Conteh
Isatu Conteh, age 4, was born with two deformed lower legs and has never walked. She is also positive for pulmonary tuberculosis which has been bending her spine. Africa Surgery had