Sierra Leone

“It is lawful to call it a new world, because none of these countries were known to our ancestors, and to all who hear about them, they will be entirely new.” Amerigo Vespucci was a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the new world. Navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci came in to this world on March 9, 1451. He was born into a cultured family as the third son of Ser Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini. Vespucci’s father worked as a notary in Florence,…

Thus loans for irrigation, drainage facilities, levelling fields, tree crops, the construction of processing facilities, and farm equipment are not usually considered for loaning arrangements. Choices for collateral can also be problematic. In Sierra Leone, bank personnel note that the problem with loaning and using a land lease as part of a “bankable project” for collateral is not that of tenure security (Unruh and Turray, 2006). Although there is little…

The infected bioterrorist, could check into a resort hotel and await the onset of the fever that would indicate that their Zaire ebolavirus is now contagious. The next phase of the attack would begin with the infected, and contagious, terrorist making visits to Walt Disney World, restaurants, or other areas with crowds of people. The Florida heat and humidity would provide perfect cover for the feverish and sweating terrorist as they make physical contact by way of casual brushing up against…

egg is cracked it’s impossible for it to be pieced back together. I came out of my shell during the end of my 5th grade year towards my 6th grade year. First and foremost before we get that far this is how it all began. I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone; a really small country located in West Africa.. I lived there until I was 8 during one sunny afternoon when you could hear the weary cows, stray dogs scream the sound of uneasiness and footsteps approaching into the compound carrying what at…

Guinea is an African country. It is located in West Africa – Sub-Saharan Region. It is located between Guinea Bissau and Senegal in the north; Mali and Cote d’Ivoire in the east; Liberia and Sierra Leone in the south and Atlantic Ocean in the West. Guinea has four natural regions: coastal plain; mountainous region; savanna region; and a forest region. “Total area: 94,927 sp mi (245,861 sq km); Population (2013 est.): 11,176,026 (growth rate: 2.64%); birth rate: 36.3/1000; life expectancy: 59;…

it to be? A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, give us as the reader an in depth, real life experience into what being in the midst of a war is really like.This nonfiction novel tells the story of Ishmael Beah. Ishmael used to live a normal life in Sierra Leone, until one day while he is away a rebellion force attacks his home town. Ishmael 's life is completely turned upside down, He must survive on his own. Scavenging for food, fighting off nature and even proving his worthiness to other towns.…

world, who are experiencing child labour laws and poverty. Me to We is a social justice enterprise that financially assists Free the Children. Free the Children supports eight different countries: Ecuador, Haiti, China, Kenya, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone, and Nicaragua with the skills and resources they need to get through the hard times. Those countries benefitted from the work by having schools, clean water, healthcare, and much more. Through the dedication and courage of Craig, the less…

Leymah Gbowee: The Fight for Peace Leymah Gbowee, coming into this world on February 1, 1972, led peace protests against the oppressive tyrant Charles Taylor, which under a series of events ended the Liberian civil war. Not much is known about Gbowee’s childhood, but at the age of seventeen, the civil war broke out in her home country of Liberia. In a quote from Gbowee, she “turned from a child into an adult in a matter of hours”. Even in the early stages of her life, she still cared for the…

Right now, developing countries barely have water access. With the access to clean water; education, health, hunger, and poverty rates within every community will improve tremendously. In developing countries, children miss days and days at a time away from school because they spend most of their day searching for water or they have become ill from water-borne disease. With access to clean water, children can spend more time in the classroom than outside searching for water miles away from their…

What does the opening scene tell you about the African slave trade? What is learned from the opening scene is that the captured slaves are kept in very poor conditions under the deck of a ship. As we see from the very start there are many of them rushing from the below decks area to overwhelm the men who are transporting them. Though it is hard to tell the exact dimensions of the ship it is obvious that there are many more slaves than there are crew. This leads the viewer to believe that the…