SAVE OUR PRIDE

SAVER OUR PRIDE Centre-Sierra Leone is a international NGO base in Sweden and Sierra Leone, it is a based-community Orphanage operating under SAVE OUR PRIDE, we work with churches in Sweden and in Sierra Leone. SAVE OUR PRIDE activities mainly directed to help, nurture and develop orphaned and vulnerable children to become self-sustaining and constructive to their communities. The orphanage operates under the Ministry’s Childcare and counseling department and run by the Pastor- Benjamin Gbenga. It was started in 2008 due to the growing numbers of orphaned children and their increasing vulnerabilities, between the ages of 3-15 years of age. The Home has registered 35 children-23 girls and 12 boys. Although the need is high, resources always limit us. It is currently supported by our local churches in Freetown Sierra Leone and help from Sweden churches at Sandviken .

Its activities are mainly directed to equip orphaned and vulnerable Children with adequate life skills, increase access to community care systems, basic social services and child friendly services and opportunity to realize their full potential through improved quality of life.

 

SAVE OUR PRIDE is currently operating in Freetown and in the northern part of Sierra Leone, Kamalo at SANDA LOKO. Their vulnerability is high considering the abject poverty levels, increasing dropout rates of children from schools, increasing HIV/Aids prevalence among children and the communities, Its activities are therefore directly or indirectly give hope and ultimate comfort to the orphaned and the vulnerable children in these areas.

We work in collaboration with Partner churches, schools and other educational institutions, health facilities and partner organizations. We among others work in collaboration with SINATO institutions and including Trust development agency etc.

The large and growing number of orphans and other vulnerable children (OVCs) poses a daunting challenge to those with responsibilities to children including governments, communities, families and aid organizations across Africa and the world over. Sierra Leone alone estimates to have close to two (1.5) million Ovcs having lost at least one parent.

This calls for increased concern and interventions to the governments, communities, organization and religious groups to re-double their efforts in policy, commitment and funding to improve the situation of OVCs both locally and internationally.