This Silent Slide presentation was created in June 2014.

It is an overview of the Madina Village School Project from its beginning through the first year of classes.

(…because a picture is worth a thousand words)

My father

handed me to her

and said,

“We have heard

that you are

educated now.

Here, prove it.”

Because of her

education, I lived!

Sierra Leone is in West Africa

Atlantic coast

North of equator

E.S.T. +5 hours

Countries

touching

Sierra

Leone:

Guinea

Liberia

The Region of West Africa

Same size as

South Carolina.

Capital city is

Freetown

Madina Village is

140 miles

southeast of

Freetown

The Country of Sierra Leone

Education has declined drastically in the recent past.

1,270 primary schools were destroyed in the civil war from 1992-2001.

Sixty-seven percent of children were out of school in 2001.

Two-thirds of the adult population is illiterate.

Madina Village is in Lower Banta Chiefdom,Moyamba District , Sierra Leone

~200 adults

~250 children

Mainly

farming

Land owned

communally

Mende

language

Village FactsIt takes a day’s travel from the city to the

village.

The mission of the Madina Village School is to provide Christian

education to the children of the Madina area and to improve their quality of life through outreach.

(Our Mission Statement)

Expand to full capacity – 360 students. (in 2014 we hope to add 60 students)

School and Community ClinicLibrary and Ad BuildingAdd one grade level per year (in

2014 serving preschool-4th grade)Adult Education classesWomen’s programs