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July 2024 › Mercy Children's Home Farmland project

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. Read More ›

Kate McGrath School for Girls › Water is life

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

January 2024 (2) › Gbongay clinic renovations

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. Read More ›

January 2024 › Christmas at Mercy Children's Orphanage

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! Read More ›

November 2023 › Massive thanks for all the presents!

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... Read More ›

August 2023 › Please help us provide Christmas presents for the young adults at The Mercy Children’s Orphanage

We aim to provide a wrapped Christmas gift for each child/young adult and staff member at the Mercy Children’s Orphanage every year. 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. Read More ›

April 2023 (2) › Science Equipment for the Kate McGrath School for Girls (update)

Update on our appeal for science equipment Read More ›

April 2023 › Science Equipment for the Kate McGrath School for Girls

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.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.We will be shipping all donations at the end of April - this is our Amazon wish list! Read More ›

February 2023 › New farmland for Mercy Children's Orphanage

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! Read More ›