Our communities in Sierra Leone have made a request for urgent prayer.

The country has suffered from storms with torrential rain during August, which have caused damage to property, numerous flood incidents and flash flooding on major streets in Freetown. There have been at least seven reported deaths in the city, with many more people injured.

Magnus has advised us that our own communities in Sierra Leone have also been badly affected by the storms.

A small building project at Mabang, alongside the church, designed to create more space to accommodate a growing number of children, has been badly damaged. The strong winds literally blew the current roof off and rendered the mud blocks helpless against the rains. When the storms are over, the intention is to construct concrete pillars and re-roof with stronger materials that will provide more resistance.

A similar situation also occurred in Kamakontay. Although most of the building has survived the storms, part of the mud block walls, which had not yet been roofed were washed away in the rains.

In addition, one of our Connexion families in Kono has lost part of their house in the floods. Thankfully the family are safe, but they have had to leave the property and are now displaced.

We ask if you would please pray for our communities in Sierra Leone. And if anyone feels moved to support these situations, please do make a donation. Be assured that every penny donated will be sent quickly and used as intended.  

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To make a donation, please click on the Donations button, located at the top of each website page. Please also state if you would like your donation to go towards a particular project, eg rebuilding following flood damage.

If preferred, you can also donate by Bank Transfer:

Barclays Bank
Sort code: 20-16-08, Account number: 30799076, Account name: Sierra Leone Mission 

(NB We are very grateful to receive anonymous donations, but when making a bank transfer donation, the donor's name is needed for auditing purposes. Please be assured this information will remain private.)

Photograph of Freetown street floods is from The Sierra Leone Telegraph: https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/torrential-rains-in-freetown/