Education West Africa helps school pupils in Sierra Leone get a better start in life.

Through education, young people can strive to escape poverty and get a job, earn money, live a healthier life, become independent and contribute to their family and the economy of their country.

Thank you Emeric Coker

29 May 2025 10:49

EWA would like to thank Emeric Coker, Diocesan Education Secretary in Freetown, for his work with schools and his support for our work. We were deeply saddened to learn recently of Emeric's death after a short illness, and we will miss his regular contact updating us on the projects we were funding and telling us where help was needed next. Emeric was particularly committed to working with schools in the provinces outside the city of Freetown, and we will
Bopani school completed

02 May 2025 15:04

The new school for the children of the remote village of Bopani has now been completed, and the whole community is delighted. The children of Bopani used to have to learn in a small thatched hut, but now have a proper building with three classrooms and an office/store. This has been a major project because of the remote location of the village, and Education Secretary Alex Puhindei has had to be very creative to find ways of transporting building
Donation from St Mark's Ladies Coffee Club

03 April 2025 15:50

EWA would like to thank St Mark's Ladies Coffee Club in North Heath, Horsham, for their generous donation, following a talk by our Chair Alyson Heath in March.