About Sierra Leone

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The U.S. Government’s Ambassador’s Girls’ Scholarship Program has helped girls to stay in school since 2004. Scholarships include tuition, books, school equipment, uniforms and shoes. The program provides basic literacy and improved educational opportunities for girls nine to fourteen years old Farmers in Sierra Leone

USAID’s initiative is helping cassava farmers such as these women to increase production and to generate greater household incomes. New wells in Kono village

USAID provided funding for three wells in Koromasilaya village in Sierra Leone. The project brought potable water to the village which led to a drop in cholera. Fistula victims

USAID has financed a program to facilitate fistula services in Sierra Leone. Since 2008, the USAID-financed program provided surgical interventions for 700 women. During the recovery time, women received instruction in simple literacy and arithmetic.

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“To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean water flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.”

President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, January 20,2009 (read more about the U.S. commitment to development - file type :PDF 52.1 KB)