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KNSL visits the new kindergarten in Pujehun

January 2014

Children at Sam Abu Memorial Pre-School get a first glimpse of the alphabet.

At the end of January our international liaison officer Edward Mando visited the new kindergarten which has been established in the library building last autumn. The institution is named Sam Abu Memorial Pre-school in honor of the late PYD chairman and school director Sam Abu who was a strong contributor and advocate of our joint KNSL and PYD projects.
As a special gift for the kids Edward brought toys that had been collected from German donors.

KNSL participates in “German Development Day” in Berlin

May 2013

Friends and members of KNSL having a good time in spite of the bad weather.

On May 25 we presented our organization at the German Development Day (“Deutscher Entwicklungstag”) in Berlin. Visitors were welcome to join us at our own booth and we took the opportunity to present our goals and activities in Sierra Leone.

BMZ Project Proposal 2013

March 2013

The Agriculture Project 2011-12 was so successful, that 3 neighbouring chiefdoms have decided to apply for a similar project in 2013 but we do not yet know whether the proposal will be approved. BMZ has announced that their budget for NGO projects has been reduced. We’ll keep our fingers crossed and hope that we will be able to continue to support small farmers and petty traders in Southern Sierra Leone.

Water cistern for the Pujehun Library

February 2013

Gymnasium Grotenbach in Gummersbach made a donation of 2.500 € for the construction of a water cistern at the Pujehun Library. Thanks to Gymnasium Grotenbach for their great support.

Agriculture Project successfully completed

January 2013

Good news! With the help of many friends and supporters we managed to close the financing gap in the 2012 Agriculture Project and to complete the project successfully. The final project report will be published soon on this website.

KNSL celebrates 10th anniversary

January 2013

On January 18 our organisation celebrated its 10th anniversary. On this occasion we issued a press release with background information about our work and as a result articles were published in the the online newspaper “Oberberg Aktuell” in Gummersbach and in “Berliner Woche”.

KNSL/PYD receive “Best NGO” Award for 2012 from Pujehun District Student Association

December 2012

Best NGO award 2012 for KNSL/PYD

On 27 December KNSL and PYD received the ‘Best NGO’ Award for 2012 from the Pujehun District Student Association. The award was presented at the PUDSA Annual Convention and was granted to honor our development work in the district. KNSL is pleased with this award and of course we like to share this information with all members and donors of our organization.