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Day 6: Towards the border of Guinea

Day 6: Towards the border of Guinea

It is an early start as we head towards Kamakwie. Kamakwie is a small town in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone close to the border of Guinea. The population of the town exceeds 8,000. The population of Kamakwie is predominantly from the Limba, Temne, and Loko ethnic groups. The distance between Freetown and Kamakwie is 270km. However the journey takes us more than five hours as the roads are in a very poor condition. The latter part of the journey Makeni onwards is particularly challenging as there are no Tarmac roads. We now understood why the delivery truck broke down yesterday.

We arrive after 2pm and are greeted by some four hundred families who have been selected to benefit from the aid programme. We can sense the joy and happiness among the whole community. Local community leaders inform us that this is the first time such an aid programme has taken place in this remote area. The beneficiaries include the disabled and some of the poorest from the region. The region is densely populated with Muslims and we clearly sensed that people are more religious. Young children were eager to recite the Quran to us. After completing the distribution we perform Salah in the local Masjid and return to Freetown via the same five hour route.

By the grace of Almighty Allah, we have directly supported 2100 families through the Iftar programme and personally supervised the entire programme. We pray to Almighty Allah to reward all those who supported the initiative financially and who took part in implementing it.