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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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Sierra Leone Constitution:
This constitution was adopted on: 2005.
PART 1
1. Adoption of the constitution.
The association and its property shall be administered and managed in accordance with the provisions
in part 1 and 2 of this constitution.
2. The Name
The association’s name is Sierra Leone Foundation
3. The Objects.
The objects of the association are:
I) To organise the people in Sierra Leone as well as Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora, to
participate in community development that would promote and improve the health of the people and
the sanitation in Sierra Leone
II) To develop strategies that will facilitate and develop adult and community learning.
Object I can be achieved by:
• Keeping all-public places clean through rapid litter clearing and proper disposal of all rubbish.
Skip attendants shall man all rubbish skips.
• Keeping residential areas clean by providing manned skips.
• Encourage and promote environmentally friendly and sustainable waste management programmes.
• Use of health education programmes through TV, radio, public address systems, posters and cinemas.
• Provision of mobile health clinics.
• Basic hygiene and nutrition education
Object II can achieved by:
• Encouraging the propagation of basic numeracy and Literacy skills.
• Searching for, and distribution of educational materials that may not be available locally for
educational institutions.
• Developing and encouraging Citizenship Education.
4. Application of Income and Property
I) The income and property of the Charity shall applied solely towards the promotion of
the objects.
II) A Trustee may pay out of, or be reimbursed from the property of the Charity reasonable expenses
properly incurred by him or her when acting on behalf of the Charity.
III) None of the income or property of the Charity may be paid or transferred directly or
indirectly by way of dividend bonus or otherwise by way of profit to any member of the Charity. This
does not prevent:
a) a member who is not also a Trustee from receiving reasonable and proper remuneration for any
goods or services supplied to the Charity;
b) a Trustee from;
(i) buying goods or services from the Charity upon the same terms as other members or
members of the public;
(ii) receiving a benefit from the Charity in the capacity of a beneficiary of the Charity,
provided that the Trustees comply with the provisions of sub cause (6) of this clause, or as a member
of the Charity and upon the same terms as other members;
c) the purchase of indemnity insurance for the trustees against any liability that by virtue of
any rule of law would otherwise attach to a trustee or other in respect of any negligence, default
breach of duty or breach of trust of which he or she may be guilty in relation to the Charity but excluding:
(i) fines;
(ii) costs of unsuccessfully defending criminal prosecutions for offences arising out of fraud,
dishonesty or wilful or reckless misconduct of the Trustee or other officer;
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