The Lifeline Nehemiah Schools management teams, including the Nursery, Primary, Junior Secondary School (JSS) in both urban and rural areas, together with the Senior Secondary School (SSS) in Freetown engaged in the following key activities: continued teaching and learning across all departments and levels, including lessons during the holiday periods conducting internal examinations to assess
The management of Lifeline Betteh Tumara Technical Vocational Training Institute (BT) has continued to engage the various employers and industries who have hosted our trainees during their recent internship placements, and are currently receiving Employer Feedback Forms to enable them to assess the trainees’ performance, practical skills and professionalism, but this feedback will also contribute
The Lifeline Nehemiah Home continues to provide care, protection, education, guidance and support to children and young people under its care. We are currently awaiting the 2025/26 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for four students – Thomas Joel Karim, Abdul Sankoh, Sulaimatu Kargbo and George Gbortu – and the management team and
Monitoring Trip: Strengthening Hope, Education & Resilience The 2YoungLives team conducted monitoring visits across all 12 project sites to verify bursary applicants, follow up on beneficiaries and assess mentees’ businesses. The visits highlighted inspiring stories of young mothers returning to school, caring for their babies and building livelihoods through business start-up support, and, at several
During the past month LNP, together with its partners, has continued its intensive community engagement under the CRADLE SMART, CRADLE-B and PAPAGAIO and the following provides a brief overview of everything that has transpired. Engagement & Training of Traditional Birth Attendants One of the major activities during the month was a one-day intensive training and
LNP Staff & Volunteer Retreat The LNP leadership conducted a three-day staff and volunteer retreat at the LNP compound in Freetown. The retreat provided an important opportunity for staff and selected volunteers to reflect on work of LNP during the 2025-26 period, assess achievements and challenges, and strengthen organisational planning for the future. The retreat
LNP continues to value the relationships it has developed with local and international partners, supporters, and friends of the organisation. Notably, several visits by individuals and teams from LifeLine UK have contributed to strengthening these relationships and resulted in additional practical support for LNP. Included among these contributions there was support with the painting of
On July 12th our Nursery Class 3 and Primary Class 6 pupils graduated in a colourful, well-attended ceremony during which their parents, their teachers, other Lifeline students and invited guests joined the children in celebrating this important milestone. The School Social Committee invested considerable time in planning and organising the event well, which featured career
Four of our young people Abdul Sankoh, George Gbortu, Joel Thomas Karim and Sulaimatu Kallon recently sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and are currently awaiting their results – for clarity, Sulaimatu is not a resident of the Nehemiah Home but we have been supporting her since 2015, as one of the
Surviving and Thriving: moving beyond statistics at the 2YoungLives Photovoice Exhibition July 6th saw the launch of the Surviving and Thriving: 2YoungLives Photovoice Exhibition in London, marking an important milestone for community-led research into adolescent maternal health, and recognising the 2YoungLives initiative of pairing pregnant adolescents with dedicated community mentors throughout pregnancy and the first
