Kamawornie - Making a Difference Where It's Most Needed

There are 2 schools of thought regarding choosing the location of charitable interventions. Some recommend focusing on urban areas because of the population density. The urban municipalities frequently end up receiving the lion's share of support. The rural areas, on the other hand, are often neglected and receive little to no support.

One of the outcomes of underdevelopment of the rural areas is that the youths often end up leaving the rural areas for the urban areas - due to a lack of training and job opportunities. The end result of this is the overpopulation of urban regions.

Develop Africa has been active in the Kamawornie rural community for several years - initially starting with scholarship funds. Our intervention has broadened over the years to include the following:

Books and school supplies
Solar lights
School benches
Teacher training scholarships
Shoes/sandals
Student tuition scholarships

The following statistics are our best estimates based on visits by our staff to the community in 2021.

Population - one thousand two hundred and forty people (1,240)
Number of houses: 115 houses
One health center
One mosque
One church

One Primary School

408 Students
The students come in from the surrounding villages
Six classrooms, one office, and one Staffroom
8 Teachers

One Secondary School

Junior Secondary School - 3 levels - JSS1, JSS2, JSS3
205 Students
Three classrooms and one staff room
8 Teachers

Kamawornie is also surrounded by several nearby, smaller villages

Kamakothor
Thambie
Tomaray
Kasiqirie
Kamasoko ii
Kademballa
Werreh
Kanserenah
Kagbaray

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Click or tap here or on the image below to see the location on Google Maps

Map image extracted from MOHS Website

Driving Directions from Freetown to Kamawornie (Approximate)