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EducAid Timeline:

1961 - Sierra Leone gains independence from Great Britain

1991 - Rebel war starts

1993 - Swithun Mason & James Boardman go on a university exchange to Sierra Leone and gather some friends on their return to start sending some money to pay for a handful of Sierra Leoneans to go to school

2000 - EducAid starts its own junior secondary school in Lumley, Freetown with 20 students (although the number quickly grew) on the back veranda and back yard of a rented house. 

The school uses an innovative and flexible methodology which we have devised to achieve high standards and provide for individual needs in a post- conflict situation.

2002 - EducAid continues to develop and starts a 2nd junior secondary school in a borrowed house in Rolal, in the provinces.

2003 - EducAid starts another junior secondary school in a rehabilitated school building in Magbeni and a small primary school in Maronka. 

2004 - EducAid starts a senior secondary school in Freetown.

2005 - EducAid loses the rented building and we build next to Alhassan and Miriam’s house.

2006 - EducAid builds school in Rolal, funded by donations from the Catholic Church in Harpenden.  EducAid gets funding to dig a well in Rolal

2007 - EducAid starts a women’s project in Lumley and later in Rolal to increase numbers of girls in the schools

2008 - EducAid starts a women’s project in Magbeni.

The numbers of girls in the whole project have increased from around 10% to 30% +.

Leadership Team is established and succeeds wonderfully in day to day running of the programmes.

2009 - Girl Power Groups starts to help girls achieve their potential

Holistic education & community service become important aspects of the education provided by EducAid Sierra Leone.  Maronka gets a well!

EducAid Magbeni - The temple of knowledge, skills and attitudes!

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