Sierra Leone

   Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

KETAAKETI works with two local non-governmental organizations in Sierra Leone:

SEN and Mindokatie Salone (both since 2017)

KETAAKETI works in

Sierra Leone works with two local non-governmental organizations:

SEN and Mindokatie Salone (both since 2017)

Why Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone is located in West Africa and, despite its wealth of natural resources, is currently ranked 181st out of 189 countries according to the Human Development Index (HDI), making it one of the ten poorest countries in the world. 77% of the population lives below the poverty line of $2 a day, and over 43% of adults are illiterate. The maternal mortality rate is by far the highest in the world: 1,120 women out of 100,000 die during pregnancy up to the 42nd day after birth, and 66.7 out of 1,000 newborn children die within the first year of life.

The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining, but the Ebola epidemic and falling commodity prices triggered a slump from which the country has barely recovered. Many foreign companies have left Sierra Leone and are not returning. And if they do, they bring their own staff.

Yembeh Mansaray reports: "Before we started microfinancing in the villages, there was extreme poverty, despair and hopelessness. The residents lived from hand to mouth, often not even eating one meal a day. The children are suffering from malnutrition."

KETAAKETI works in

Sierra Leone works with two local non-governmental organizations:

SEN and Mindokatie Salone (both since 2017)

Why Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone is located in West Africa and, despite its wealth of natural resources, is currently ranked 181st out of 189 countries according to the Human Development Index (HDI), making it one of the ten poorest countries in the world. 77% of the population lives below the poverty line of $2 a day, and over 43% of adults are illiterate. The maternal mortality rate is by far the highest in the world: 1,120 women out of 100,000 die during pregnancy up to the 42nd day after birth, and 66.7 out of 1,000 newborn children die within the first year of life.

The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining, but the Ebola epidemic and falling commodity prices triggered a slump from which the country has barely recovered. Many foreign companies have left Sierra Leone and are not returning. And if they do, they bring their own staff.

Yembeh Mansaray reports: "Before we started microfinancing in the villages, there was extreme poverty, despair and hopelessness. The residents lived from hand to mouth, often not even eating one meal a day. The children are suffering from malnutrition."

Mindokatie Salone

Mindokatie Salone, which translates to “We move Sierra Leone forward”, was founded in 2018 by Yembeh Mansaray.

Yembeh Mansaray was recommended to KETAAKETI as a very reliable and socially committed partner. He had already been very committed to helping Ebola orphans during and after the Ebola outbreak, and with his work as an independent road construction engineer, he also met all the criteria for working with KETAAKETI (financially secure and therefore independent).

He started in the north of Sierra Leone in two villages with 15 microfinances each, which he and his team have now expanded to 46 villages with over 1,600 women/families. Several hundred villages are already on the waiting list, and word has spread far and wide about the success of the microfinances.

As of April 2024

Mindokatie Salone

Mindokatie Salone, which translates to “We move Sierra Leone forward”, was founded in 2018 by Yembeh Mansaray.

Yembeh Mansaray was recommended to KETAAKETI as a very reliable and socially committed partner. He had already been very committed to helping Ebola orphans during and after the Ebola outbreak, and with his work as an independent road construction engineer, he also met all the criteria for working with KETAAKETI (financially secure and therefore independent).

He started in the north of Sierra Leone in two villages with 15 microfinances each, which he and his team have now expanded to 46 villages with over 1,600 women/families. Several hundred villages are already on the waiting list, and word has spread far and wide about the success of the microfinances.


As of April 2024

Mindokatie Salone: Projects and concrete implementation

Mindokatie Salone: Projects and concrete implementation

Microfinance

In 49 villages, over 1,000 women are already benefiting from microfinance, which gives them a chance to lead a more self-determined life and at the same time stabilizes their children’s school attendance (As of January 2021).

School support

Support with school materials such as bags, notebooks and pens or school uniforms ensures that many children whose families are unable to afford these purchases can attend school regularly. Families with microfinance can finance these materials themselves in a short period of time.

Agriculture project for microfinance

5 villages work on a piece of land for their future: the income from fruit and vegetable cultivation is reinvested as microfinance and school support.

School construction on your own initiative

A village is building a primary school on its own initiative and with financial support from KETAAKETI.

Microfinance

In 49 villages, well over 1,000 women are already benefiting from microfinance, which gives them a chance to lead a more self-determined life and at the same time stabilizes their children's school attendance.(As of May 2022)

School support

Support with school materials such as bags, notebooks and pens or school uniforms ensures that many children whose families are unable to afford these purchases can attend school regularly. Families with microfinance can finance these materials themselves in a short period of time.

Agriculture project for microfinance

5 villages work on a piece of land for their future: the income from fruit and vegetable cultivation is reinvested as microfinance and school support.

School construction on your own initiative

A village is building a primary school on its own initiative and with financial support from KETAAKETI.

SEN - Society for Empowering the Needy

The non-governmental organization SEN (Society or Empowering the Needy) was founded in 2017 by Usman Conteh, an economist who works in the public sector and is therefore financially secure. This is an important prerequisite for the collaboration with KETAAKETI. He, too, has already been very committed to helping the poorest people in his country, together with his wife, a midwife.


He and his team now look after eleven villages with over 1,000 microfinance projects. More than 250 schoolchildren have received school support. His project villages are located near the capital Freetown and in the east of the country, near the city of Kenema, close to the border with Liberia.

SEN - Society for Empowering the Needy

The non-governmental organization SEN (Society or Empowering the Needy) was founded in 2017 by Usman Conteh, an economist who works in the public sector and is therefore financially secure. This is an important prerequisite for the collaboration with KETAAKETI. He, too, has already been very committed to helping the poorest people in his country, together with his wife, a midwife.


Together with his team he now looks after 11 villages with over 1,000 microfinance projects. More than 250 schoolchildren have received school support. His project villages are located near the capital Freetown and in the east of the country, near the city of Kenema, close to the border with Liberia.

SEN projects and concrete implementation

SEN projects and concrete implementation

Microfinance

In eleven villages, more than 1,000 women are already benefiting from microfinance, which gives them a chance to lead a more self-determined life and at the same time stabilizes their children's school attendance.

School support

In addition to the children who can already be sent to school by the microfinance mothers, the school support enables over 290 other children to attend school.

Microfinance

In eleven villages, over 1,000 women are already benefiting from microfinance, which gives them a chance to lead a more self-determined life and at the same time stabilizes their children's school attendance.

School support

In addition to the children who can already be sent to school by the microfinance mothers, the school support enables over 250 other children to attend school.

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