The Sierra Leone Mission (SLM) is committed to plans for the improvement or reconstruction of a much-needed school for the children in Tombo.

The present school in Tombo, which was erected in 2006, is both inadequate for its purpose and in a terrible state of disrepair. The size of the building is unable to accommodate the number of village children at school age (currently more than 200 and rising) and the few classrooms it has are divided by torn sheets of paper, supported by bamboo sticks. Water regularly pours in through the leaking roof, the temperature inside the building is often unbearably hot, and the existing toilets are unsanitary to say the least.

SLM plans to either repair the roof and add an extension or replace the building completely. There is enough land available to house a bigger school, so this would be the preferred solution if sufficient funds can be raised. It is wholeheartedly agreed that the children deserve a much better place to receive their education!

Tombo is a small fishing town on the southern coast of Sierra Leone, approximately 30 miles east of Freetown. The population incorporates several ethnic groups, including Christians, but the town overall is predominantly Muslim.

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