TOBANDA CAMP, Sierra Leone, August 5 (UNHCR) - Fifteen-year-old Theresa Fayia could barely keep her head above water in school. Not that the curriculum in Tobanda refugee camp was too tough or rigid.

Authorities in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone have decided to reopen schools as of March. "We are planning to make sure our schools are safe and disinfected so that we can get back our children to schools," ...

The American International School of Freetown in Sierra Leone (AISF) has 90 students between the ages of three and 19, seven teachers and a director–an all-encompassing administrative role that is ...

Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa), a flagship initiative of Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, has concluded a weeklong Alumni Peer Reflection and Learning Exchange ...

A chance purchase of postcards in early 2000 has developed into a fundraising success story that has built some 44 schools in the West African country of Sierra Leone. And tonight at El Rio, the ...

In Sierra Leone, schools were set back, twice within two decades. The violently destructive Mano River War from 1991-2002 closed schools, damaged structures and drove educators from the country.

On March 6, six Illinois students left for Sierra Leone under the supervision of professors Charles “Stretch” Ledford and Alison Davis. Partnered with students from Fourah Bay College in Freetown, ...

Pupils attend a koranic school in the town of Small Sefoda in eastern Sierra Leone, April 22, 2012. The U.N. war crimes court trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for atrocities in Sierra ...

Joseph Sakendu Jones Jr. is a student at the University of Arizona, majoring in political science. He originally is from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and came to the United States as a refugee in 2000.