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The formation of this long
needed association resulted from our realization that
a lot of us are what we are today as a result of the opportunity
we were given from this prominent institution. Our alma
mater needs our support today more than ever. A dark chapter
in the history of Sierra Leone started in 1991 by a civil
war that destroyed almost all the physical infrastructure;
made thousands of Sierra Leoneans refugees; many children
had their limbs hacked off or forced into combat as child
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All economic activities were brought to a stand still, and with
it an educational system that is in a deplorable state today.
In many ways the clock was turned backwards. As a direct consequence
of the war, physical facilities like school buildings are run
down; classrooms have deteriorated and desks non-existent; laboratories
are ill-equipped; students could not afford to buy their textbooks;
and teachers often times receive their salaries more than three
months late. These are only few of the deplorable conditions
that have made the educational environment very challenging
if not impossible. <read more..> |
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| Brief history
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In 1864, Sierra Leone’s Catholic Community
was without spiritual guidance and had been so for
six years (since the death of Monsignor de Bresillac
in 1859)
In 1864, Rev. Father Edward Blanchet, a French Priest
who was father Superior in the Gambia, received
a directive from Paris instructing him to go to
Sierra Leone and establish a mission there. He was
accompanied by another French man named Koeberie
as his assistant in this important mission. <Read
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