The News Review:

- 2009 Calendar to Raise Funds for Sierra Leone Schools
- Sierra Leone: ‘Fishing Can Lift Sierra Leone Up’ President Koroma
- Cricket: Ghana Beat Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone: PMDC May Head Attitudinal Change
- Sierra Leone: Country Loses US$29 Million to ‘Poaching’
- Sierra Leone President Calls for Increased Agricultural Investment …
- 2 Bay Area women train midwives in Sierra Leone

2009 Calendar to Raise Funds for Sierra Leone Schools
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro 
Windell,propreitor of paw fotograf, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone in the 1960’s. Windell has created a 2009 calendar with 12 of his images from that tour. The proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go to Schools for Salone, a non-profit orgasnization dedicated to building schools and supporting teachers in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone was the scene of a terrible civil war during the 1990’s that devastated the country, especially the youth and nearly destroyed the educational system.
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Sierra Leone: ‘Fishing Can Lift Sierra Leone Up’ President Koroma
African Path, MN 
In Shenge, the President said, “No one can finish talking about fishing in Sierra Leone without making mention of Shenge, the fishing basket of this country. This is not time for politics; it is time for development. And development does not choose a face or party or a surname. When it comes, everybody will enjoy; when it’s absent, everybody suffers. And development means we should get new things done.

Cricket: Ghana Beat Sierra Leone
Graphic Online, Ghana 
The match, played at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria, saw the Ghanaian bat first and score 240 runs for six wickets in 40 overs. The high score was influenced by the opening batsman, Simon Ateak, who scored 60 runs not out before Julius Mensah added 42 runs. Ateak and Mensah are playing on familiar grounds since they featured for the senior national team in the last edition of the North-West Africa Tournament hosted in Nigeria last April. The Sierra Leoneans resumed in the second innings to score 74 runs in 24 overs after which their batting collapsed.

Sierra Leone: PMDC May Head Attitudinal Change
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
This has been demonstrated by the president. The appointment of a member of an opposition to head this campaign clearly shows that President Koroma is ready to move the country forward. “”I am still PMDC but the intention of any political party is to use power in the interest of the people of Sierra Leone. Our vision is to take Sierra Leone from the current state to a higher standard through attitudinal change,” he said. Bangura said was looking forward to organizing seminars for ministers and heads of departments, bringing them together and charting the way forward. Relevant Links West AfricaSierra Leone “My task is to transform negative perceptions of people to positive ones. We cannot succeed without collective responsibility.

Sierra Leone: Country Loses US$29 Million to ‘Poaching’
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
The president was in the area to launch the sites for the construction of jetties and other ancillary facilities when he observed that “for a country to be losing that much, this must be a serious business. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); According to deputy mayor of the municipality Rebecca John the last time Bonthe had a taste of development was during the era of late President Siaka Stevens. While he blamed most of that loss on bad contractors who benefit from projects at the expense of the people, Koroma further asserted that “fishing has the potential of lifting Sierra Leone from the doldrums to prosperity.

Sierra Leone President Calls for Increased Agricultural Investment …
Reuters AlertNet, UK 
0: inline article box end –> Silver Spring, Maryland–In the midst of soaring food prices and calls from Sierra Leone’s president for increased agricultural investment, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is improving farming productivity and access to food resources for more than 2,500 rural households in Port Loko District, in northern Sierra Leone. This recent project was launched on World Food Day, October 15. Through a partnership with the Maragiri Women’s Cooperative Society, a local organization of farmers dedicated to ensuring access to food in their own communities and beyond, ADRA is improving food security in 29 villages in the Kaffu Bullom chiefdom, by providing farming tools, materials, machinery, and training in improved agricultural methods. The project also aims to give beneficiaries economic development opportunities in various areas, including bread making, salt processing, fishing, and Gara fabric dyeing. This project, funded by ADRA International, is valued at more than $79,000.

2 Bay Area women train midwives in Sierra Leone
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA 
tmpl –>Retirement is anything but slow for two Episcopal deacons from San Francisco. Each year, the Revs. Christie McManus, 60, and Patricia Ross, 57, journey to Sierra Leone to help deliver babies in remote villages with some of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. tmpl –> Images.