Girl-Child education materials stolen at Yams Farm
A 40 ft container full of materials reported to have been brought to the Yams Farm community to boost the girl-child education, was last week reportedly looted by disgruntled community youths much to the disappointment of the Children Crossing Cultures Project Leader, Mrs. Babro-Fri Kamara.
Two youths have now been arrested and they are helping the Ross Road Police Station with investigations.
The items which are said to be worth Le 200 million came to the country from Finland as a result of advocacy activities by Mrs. Babro and her husband, Mr. Sorie Obai Kamara aka Obi-Phrase of Ripster Culture Foundation who are working relentlessly to plead for the support for the Bilnas International Primary School which lies on the Old Road at Yams Farm, in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone.
“I used to sing and beat drums in Finland to raise funds for our school for girls here in Yams Farm,” Obai maintained, while on a short holiday here.
He expressed his dissatisfaction over the misbehaviour put up by some community youths who he said might have relatives in the school they have been running for the past two years.
He maintained that he was expecting that such an obstacle would occur in their aim to promote the school.
He told this Reporter in a telephone interview that they are contemplating the possibility of closing down the school because of this looting of their materials.
Ripster Culture Foundation Country Coordinator, Mr. James Benjamin Lewis aka Biggy Flight, described the looting as unfortunate and a step in the wrong direction.
He said that this form of violence should be dealt with appropriately so that it does not reoccur at a time when the country needs institutions like Children Crossing Cultures to support education in the country. He vowed that they would concentrate on the matter until those responsible for the broad day light looting are duly punished by law.
The Finnish delegation working on this girl child education project in Sierra Leone had to leave the shores of Sierra Leone before the release of the container which was released late because of the refusal of National Revenue Authority (NRA) officials to release it on duty free concession.
The delegation had noted that the items in the container were donations from people in their country who want to support children go to school in Sierra Leone.
Bilnas Primary School Head Teacher, Mrs. Fatmata Showers, stated that there were plans for the opening of a community library and internet café after the distribution of the items would have been completed. She noted that through support from Finland she has been able to feed all one hundred and twenty pupils in the school.
By Ilyasa Baa
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