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 staff remain hopeful that the results will enable these young people to take the next steps in their education.
It must be said that the 2025-26 academic year has been particularly challenging for the Nehemiah family, facing challenges that have extended beyond the normal educational and social difficulties encountered by our children and young people.
As you will probably be aware from previous newsletters, during recent months LNP, together with the wider Kuntorloh community, has experienced the difficult situation involving incidents of the Sierra Leone police perpetrating violence acts against the Lifeline family and the wider community.
The situation has been particularly concerning because institutions and authorities whose mandate includes protecting and supporting children and vulnerable people became involved in circumstances that caused significant distress to the children, staff, and wider community.
LNP acknowledges that there were individuals within government who demonstrated concern and chose not to participate in actions that could negatively affect the children and community, nevertheless, the experience has placed considerable emotional and operational pressure on the Nehemiah Home and the wider Lifeline family.
Despite these challenges, the children and young people have demonstrated remarkable resilience, discipline, focus and determination, and have continued to pursue their education, remaining committed to becoming responsible and productive citizens of Sierra Leone – shame on our own government!
As always, LNP remains committed to safeguarding the wellbeing, dignity, education and future prospects of every child and young person under our care, an attitude reflected recently when fire accidentally broke out on the nearby residential facilities of World Hope International, and during which the Lifeline Nehemiah home boys and girls and staff responded, helping with the rescue of the resident girls, and other beneficiaries, who were hosted in the buildings that were damaged burned.
Subsequently the country director of World Hope International in Sierra Leone, Mr Saidu Kanu, met with the LNP management to seek temporary support in hosting these girls and, for now, the girls and some of the staff of World Hope International are currently occupying the ground floor area of the Nehemiah girls’ quarters.