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Community-led development in Sierra Leone
Programme area

Agriculture & Livelihoods

Agriculture that improves food security while helping rural children stay in school.

What this looks like

What we do in this area.

Our Youth in Agriculture for Education initiative brings young people, farmers and village leaders together to grow rice, cassava, groundnuts, pepper and vegetables while generating support for education and rural development.

The programme principle is one farmer, one child’s education. It was officially launched on 22 December 2024.

  • Rice, groundnut and cassava farms in Safroko Limba Chiefdom
  • Ten partner communities across two chiefdoms
  • A twenty-acre rice farm and additional land for expansion
  • A renovated drying floor in Kasimberia, funded by Salonebuy
  • Education support tied to local participation

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In pictures

Photographs from the field.

Community members winnowing rice on blue tarpaulins
Groundnuts spread on a blue tarpaulin
A newly finished concrete drying floor
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