PPOSL

Our Work

Programs built for Sierra Leone's communities.

Each program below meets a different need, but all of them share the same goal: enhancing the welfare, self-reliance and wellbeing of vulnerable children, women, youth and persons with disability.

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Orientation & Advocacy Program

Public awareness campaigns on disability tolerance and reducing gender-based violence and juvenile delinquency across the Western Area Rural District.

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Empowerment & Educational Programs

Scholarships and opportunities for vulnerable children — including Ebola orphans — and youth such as commercial sex workers, youth in slums and deprived communities, and persons with disability, to fund their education or skills acquisition.

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Literacy, Seminars & Workshops

Literacy trainings and workshops that help disabled youth develop their talents and skills, increasing their employability.

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Health Education & Social Mobilization

Awareness and prevention work on HIV/AIDS and other STIs, and reducing drug and alcohol abuse among young people.

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WASH & Community Development

Water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives alongside broader community development and civic education.

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Agriculture & Food Security

Supporting subsistence agriculture and commercially mechanized farming toward national food self-sufficiency.

Our Work in Pictures

Moments from the field

A look at our teams and the communities we serve — from education outreach with children to sustainable-livelihood visits with local farmers.

PPOSL staff member distributing writing slates to a large group of children Children holding up writing slates during a PPOSL community education outreach PPOSL team member standing in a rice field during a community sustainability visit PPOSL team member in a rice field, arms outstretched, during a community program visit Graduation ceremony on skills training for adolescent girls, with a PPOSL banner in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Welfare Group of women and girls seated together at a PPOSL community program Group of schoolgirls in uniform standing together in a classroom Teacher leading a classroom lesson for students in blue uniforms Women training on sewing machines during a PPOSL skills acquisition program Group of youth in orange uniforms with PPOSL staff outside a community building Youth seated at sewing machine workstations during a vocational training session Youth attending a vocational training session with sewing machines set up in the classroom Large group of youth in orange uniforms gathered with PPOSL staff outside a building PPOSL team and community members, including persons with disability, gathered at an outreach event

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