Responding to Crisis

 With your generous support we have been able to raise nearly £3,000, through JustGiving or sent directly to our charity, to aid those affected by the Wellington Fire Disaster in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 5 November 2021.

EFSL met with the  injured in hospital, as well as with the families that have lost loved ones and businesses. 

They have advised that more than 100 local families have been affected, including the households of over 40 Fulani traders and 51 commercial bike drivers. There were also many people caught up in the disaster who were passing through from other communities.

EFSL's supported 30 households affected by the tragedy. This consisted of the families of 10 badly handicapped survivors, 5 widows, 5 traders who have lost their businesses and 10 households of deceased drivers. The aid provided included 50kg of rice per family, other food supplies, clothing, blankets, sanitary packs, cooking supplies etc.

James 1:27 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

In 2014 West Africa was hit by the worst Ebola outbreak on record. Over 11,000 people died in West Africa, including 3955 in Sierra Leone. 

The outbreak is over and the media has long since left the country, but the effects of this devastating disease continue to be felt to his day.  One of the areas where this is the most apparent are the orphans left behind; as well as the widows and shattered families.

Support EFSL continues to help those affected by the disease,  especially through donating  food, supplies and gifts to the orphanage schools that look after these children.