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.


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.

Sierra Leone Constitution (Page 3):
V) In no circumstances shall the net assets of the Charity be paid to or distributed among the members of the Charity (except to a member that is itself a charity)

VI) The Trustee must notify the Commission promptly that the charity has been dissolved. If the Trustees are obliged to send the charity’s accounts to the Commission for the accounting period which ended before its dissolution, they must send to the Commission the charity’s final accounts.
6. Amendments
I) Any provision contained in Part I of this constitution may be amended provided that:
a) no amendment may be made that would have the effect of making the Charity cease to a charity at law;

b) no amendment may be made to alter the objects if the change would not be within the reasonable contemplation of the members of or donors to the Charity;

c) no amendment may be made to clause 4 without the prior written consent of the commission;

d) any resolution to amend a provision of Part 1 of this constitution is passed by not less than two thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting.
II) Any provision contained in Part 2 of this constitution may be amended, provided that any such amendment is made by resolution passed by a simple majority of the members present and voting at a general meeting.

III) A copy of any resolution amending this constitution must be sent to the Commission within twenty-one days of it being passed.
PART 2

7. Membership
(1) Membership is open to individuals over eighteen or organisations that are approved by the Trustees.

II)
(a) The Trustees may only refuse an application for membership if, acting reasonably and properly, they consider it to be in the best interests of the Charity to refuse the application

(b) The Trustees must inform the applicant in writing of the reasons for the refusal within twenty-one days of the decision

(c) The Trustees must consider any written representations the applicant may make about the decision. The Trustee’s decision following any written representations must be notified to the applicant in writing but shall be final.
IV) Membership is not transferable to anyone else.

V) The Trustees must keep a register of names and addresses of the members, which must be made available to any member upon request.
8. Termination of Membership
Membership is terminated if:

I) the member dies or, if it is an organisation, ceases to exist;

II) the member resigns by written notice to Charity unless, after the resignation, there would be less than two members;

III) any sum due from the member to the Charity is not paid in full within six months of it falling due;

IV) the member is removed from membership by a resolution of the Trustees that it is in the best interests of the Charity that his or her membership is terminated. A resolution to remove a member from membership may only be passed if:
(a) the member has been given at least twenty-one days’ notice in writing of the meeting of the Trustees at which the resolution will be proposed and the reasons why it is to be proposed;


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