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SIERRA LEONE ARC OF HOPE - A “501-C-3” Non-Profit Organization, 140 N. Clifton Ave Aldan, PA 19018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dr. John Sandy, Board Chairman
Organization: Sierra Leone Arc of Hope, Inc.
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Date: May 28, 2011
  
SIERRA LEONE ARC OF HOPE SECURES 10 ACRE LAND FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION IN WATERLOO
The Sierra Leone Arc of Hope (SLAH), a 501-C-3 non-profit and non-political organization wishes to inform the public of its latest success. SLAH has secured a ten (10) acre land in Waterloo, off New Freetown Waterloo – Masiaka Highway for the construction of the state of the art children’s hospital. We hope to turn the soil in December this year, and “construction to begin early next year”. Fellow Sierra Leoneans, and friends of Sierra Leone, we are relentlessly appealing to all to give full support to this project.
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Mission Statement
The Sierra Leone Arc of Hope is a 501-C-3 non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, and non-religious organization. Membership is open to every Sierra Leonean, friends of Sierra Leone, and other nationalities regardless of tribe, color, and race. The purpose of the organization is to help foster the continued development of Health and Health Care Services, Education, Human Rights and Sustainable Peace towards the people of Sierra Leone and it’s environ.
Objectives
The organization will embark on continuous fund raising in the Diaspora, create a comprehensive database of Sierra Leoneans living in North America, hold on-going discussion forums, engage the services of professionals living abroad and in Sierra Leone, to undertake projects that will contribute to Sierra Leone’s socio-economic and infrastructural development.
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Country-Health Profile on Sierra Leone |
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 BACKGROUND: The 1991 to 2002 civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population), many of whom are now refugees in other countries. Sierra Leone, a former British Colony got independence from United Kingdom (UK) on April 27, 1961. National Holiday: Independence Day, April 27, (1961) PHYSICAL: Sierra Leone is located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia.
POPULATION: 6,017,643 (July 2005 est.) English, the official language is only spoken by the literate minority. Mende is the principal vernacular in the south, Temne in the North, and Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who settled in the Freetown area) a lingua franca is a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%.
ECONOMY: Sierra Leone is an extremely poor African nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, its economic and social infrastructure is not well developed. The fate of the economy depends upon the maintenance of domestic peace and the continued receipt of substantial aid from abroad, essential to offset the severe trade imbalance and supplement government revenues.
SOME SIERRA LEONE STATISTICS: According Aneki statistics and United Nations WORLD RANKING Sierra Leone is ranked:
- 3rd among countries in the world with the highest infant mortality rate
- 9th among countries in the world with the highest death rates
- 4th among countries in the world highest illiteracy rate
- 7th among the poorest countries in Africa
- Highest maternal mortality rate in the world**
- Life expectancy at birth: total population: 40 years; male, 38 years; female 43 years
- Infant mortality rate: total 144 deaths/1000 live births; Male, 161 deaths/1000 live births; Female, 126 deaths/1000 live births (2005 est.)
- HIV/AIDS –adults: 2.1% (2005 est., WHO & UNAIDS)
- HIV/AIDS deaths: 5,000 (2005 est., WHO & UNAIDS)
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Dr. Marion Koso-Thomas is a board member, Sierra Leone Arc of Hope,
Mr. Koroma is a Senior Fellow at the County Executive’s Office in Montgomery County,