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Geography
Sierra Leone is situated on the west coast of Africa between latitudes 10° and 13° west and longitudes 7 and
100 north, and covers an area of some 71,620 km2. To the west and southwest its Atlantic coastline extends
for almost 400 km. The country shares its north and northeastern border with the Republic of Guinea, and its
southeastern border with Liberia. Sierra Leone possesses a tropical and humid climate, with a clearly defined
rainy season. Annual rainfall averages about 380 cm (150 inches) in Freetown, decreasing inland to about 200
cm (80 inches) in the north of the country. Most of the rain falls between July and September. There are mangrove
swamps amps along the coast but most of the country is covered with dense secondary forest or bush, and over large
areas the land surface comprises residual laterite. or detrital material. The country possesses numerous streams
and rivers.
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Broadly speaking, the western half of Sierra Leone comprises a large plain, while the eastern half consists of
a number of elevated plateaux rising to a maximum height of 1,950 m (6,390ft) above sea-level at Bintumani in
the Loma Mountains. The plain comprises a 50 km wide coastal belt composed of marine or deltaic sediments running
parallel to the coast, and a continental belt stretching some 95 km inland from the coastal plain, underlain by
rocks of the 01(1 continental land mass.
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Aims and Objectives of the Sierra Leone Foundation
1. To organise Sierra Leoneans in Sierra Leone as well as Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora,
to participate in community development that will promote and improve the health of the people
and sanitation in Sierra Leone.
2. To develop strategies that will facilitate and develop adult and community learning.
Objective(1) can be achieved by:
1. Keeping all public places public clean through rapid litter clearance and proper disposal
(all rubbish skips shall be manned by skip attendants)
2. Keeping residential areas clean (provision of manned skips)
3. Encourage environmentally friendly and sustainable waste management programmes
4. Use of health education programmes, through TV, radio, public address systems, posters and cinemas
5. Provision of mobile health clinics
6. Basic hygiene and nutrition education
Objective (2) Can be achieved by:
1. Encouraging the propagation of basic Numeracy and Literacy skills
2. Searching for, and distributing of educational materials that may not be available locally.
3. Developing and encouraging Citizenship education
THE SIERRA LEONE FOUNDATION IS WORTHY NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMME.
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