https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk// 2026-01-19T15:47:54+00:00 Friends of Freetown is a UK registered charity, number 1165635. Friends of Freetown Jekyll https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/kmsg/kmsg-well-opening/ 2025-04-09T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

The water tower was completed on the 2nd October ‘24 and commissioned on the 6th October ‘24 (which was also the schools’ 11th birthday) and the school can now benefit from fresh daily water and flushing toilets.

<p>See [here](https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=aec364cf6e for our latest newslettter.</p> 2025-04-09T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/mch/newsletter-2024-07/ 2024-10-07T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

Every penny of every additional donation this month will go to Mercy Children's Home to help them as they recover from this devastating crop failure.

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=2fa4f24ca6">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2024-10-07T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/kmsg/kmcg-water-tower/ 2024-05-16T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

A recent donation has allowed us to fund the construction of a water tower at the Kate McGrath School for Girls.

<p>Thanks to a generous recent donation, we have been able to fund the construction of a water tower at the Kate McGrath School for Girls.</p> <p>The school sent the following message:</p> <blockquote> The school has been facing water shortages for drinking and sanitation. Thank you for this wonderful gesture. </blockquote> <p>Here is a video of the well being constructed:</p> <video controls="" width="100%"> <source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/449/109/184/806/261/original/6049d718b93decd2.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> 2024-05-16T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/pdo/newsletter-january-2024-2/ 2024-01-11T09:00:00+00:00 Friends of Freetown

Gbongay Clinic is in the impoverished rural village of Gbongay, Sierra Leone. The clinic was in much need of some funding and we have been able to provide this in the form of a donation in memory of Andy Hobday, who was one of our much loved founding trustees.

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=eed8c98b3a">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2024-01-11T09:00:00+00:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/mch/newsletter-january-2024/ 2024-01-03T09:00:00+00:00 Friends of Freetown

All the Christmas presents arrived at the orphanage…! Massive thanks to all our subscribers for the amazing response to our Christmas present appeal. So many were received that we have some left over for Christmas 2024!

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=0a254dd0b4">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2024-01-03T09:00:00+00:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/mch/newsletter-november-2023/ 2023-11-29T09:00:00+00:00 Friends of Freetown

All the Christmas presents arrived at the orphanage…! Massive thanks to all our subscribers for the amazing response to our Christmas present appeal. So many were received that we have some left over for Christmas 2024! The shipment is currently in transit and is expected to arrive very soon...

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=97b9134341">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2023-11-29T09:00:00+00:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/mch/newsletter-august-2023/ 2023-08-03T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

<p>We aim to provide a wrapped Christmas gift for each child/young adult and staff member at the Mercy Children’s Orphanage every year. </p><p> We currently have 35 children/young adults and 8 staff at the orphanage and we are in need of Christmas presents for 8 young adults (7 young men and 1 young woman). They are all students or apprentices. </p>

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=6dae7391bd">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2023-08-03T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/kmsg/science-lab-appeal-update/ 2023-04-04T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

Update on our appeal for science equipment

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=457ebce546">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2023-04-04T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/kmsg/science-lab-appeal/ 2023-04-04T10:00:00+01:00 Friends of Freetown

<p>The Kate McGrath School for Girls in Sierra Leone has historically performed well in all subjects, apart from Science…mainly due to the lack of ability to run practical lessons.</p><p>Over the last few years, Friends of Freetown have funded the furnishing of three labs and has shipped donations of science equipment from various sources.</p><p>We will be shipping all donations at the end of April - this is our Amazon wish list!</p>

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=457ebce546">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2023-04-04T10:00:00+01:00 https://www.friendsoffreetown.org.uk//projects/mch/mco-farmland/ 2023-02-28T09:00:00+00:00 Friends of Freetown

What a year its been…having been donated a piece of land which was a swamp, the team at Mercy Children’s Orphanage have worked hard to convert the swamp into a field…and we’re starting to see the results!

<p>See <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=93a96c8227030f5f993b6ae93&amp;id=7dd3bf4449">here</a> for our latest newslettter.</p> 2023-02-28T09:00:00+00:00