Sierra Leone - SOS Children's Villages International
General information on Sierra Leone During the country's 10-year civil war, thousands of children were used as combatants. In 2014, the Ebola epidemic brought even more hardships to one of Africa’s poorest countries. Against this background, SOS Children's Villages has played a vital role in helping the country's most vulnerable segments of population: children and young adults. Shattered by war SOS Kindergarten in Freetown (photo: C. Lesske) The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country located in Western Africa. Since gaining independence from former colonial power Great Britiain in 1961, th...