The Salvation Orphanage Home of Faith is a community based organization founded in 2010, which worked as a small Orphanage caring home and a ministry to give Orphanage hope about life and God’s existence.
It developed gradually as the number of orphan children increased,it was established in 2017 as an orphanage home and school after the Ebola epidemic disease outbreak in Sierra Leone which led to the death of many Sierra Leoneans and as a result the number of orphans rapidly increased as many children lost their families.
After many terrible deaths during the Ebola outbreak, Finally Sierra Leone was declared Ebola free. Two months later the organization decided to establish a school in other to educate the orphans so that they could become self-reliance and live better lives in future.
The Organization automatically becomes a school and an orphanage home, henceforth it was name “The Salvation Orphanage Home of Faith”.
NAME OF ORPHANAGE HOME: SALVATION ORPHANAGE HOME OF FAITH
MOTTO
Love & Care
LOCATION Mission Drive, Morabi-Waterloo, Western Rural District of Sierra Leone.
MISSION STATEMENT. it is our right and duty as Ministry to protect and develop children and the community in which they live in the best interest to meet their unique needs for they are special in society.
Therefore children must be given special care, assistance and protection, so that they can fully assume their responsibility within the community for growth and wellbeing of all.
PREAMBLE
The establishment of the school was purely to support, promote and change the life standard of orphans and the community in which they live, by supporting and strengthening grassroots initiatives for community development, self-sufficiency, health care and education etc.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
we also aims at providing – Food, shelter, clothing, scholarships and medical assistance (for orphans, disable, traumatized children and their families)
It also aim to providing school learning materials like furniture, text and exercise books, blackboards, pens, pencils, slates, school bags and toys. Etc.
It aims at promoting democratic citizenships in their lives as orphans.
It aim to help the children develop an understanding and appreciation of knowledge.
It also aim to help the children develop good habit.
It also aim at improving the life standard of children (orphans) through skills and vocational training programs in the areas of capacity, tailoring, computer literacy and micro finance projects. Like hair dressing, soap making, gara-tie dying and also aim in providing some beneficiaries (Widows) with loans for petty trading to enable support less privilege children within the community in which they live in.
STATUS OF THE CHILDREN
Some of these orphans suffer greatly during and after the past deadly Ebola disease that kills a lot of family members, leaving children as orphans in year 2013.
Most of these children continue to suffer as a result to either lose both parents completely during the past epidemic disease that left unforgettable story in the mind of Sierra Leoneans.
There are also some children whose parents died on the past mudslide and flood that occurred in Sierra Leone on the 14th August 2017 leaving them orphans, and extended family survivors of this mudslide could not afford to support these suffering children due to extreme poverty.
Therefore as a community base organization“ THE SALVATION ORPHANAGE HOME OF FAITH” thought it wise to find a way for them to be assisted, through humanitarian organizations, donors, N.G.O both local and international governments and individual to elevate the suffering of these needy children for them to be useful in future.
Finally to prepare these children for a responsible life in society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance and friendship amongst people. So that they can be instrumental to the country they belong and beyond and become useful leaders of tomorrow.
PURPOSE FOR ESTABLISHING THE SALVATION ORPHANAGE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL
Salvation Orphanage Pre-Primary School is a community based parochial school as stated before. The school came in to existence in the year 2010. The circumstances that generated the inception of the school are rooted in the philosophy nature and university of knowledge.
The genesis of salvation orphanage pre-primary school was generated with a need for both pre-primary & secondary school in the community and could neither not send the orphans to any school as there was no school in that part of the community.
THE SALVATION ORPHANAGE HOME OF FAITH executive came together with the community stakeholders and proposed the establishment of the pre-primary school institution. At the meeting, the executives spelt out advantages of giving their children formal education, it was also spelt out that education can serve as an investment to the parents and also as an instrument for economic growth, social and ethnic polarization.
It was also envisaged that education will promote equitable development and build a culture of dialogue rather than violence.
The educational engineers and the community leaders agreed in principles and practice – salvation orphanage pre-primary & secondary school will be used as an instrument for the production of new student, expansion and transmission of the catholic faith and doctrines, norms and values of the community.
VISION STATEMENT
By the year 2030 all category of children irrespective of religion, cultural backgrounds, colors ,and sex will all have achieved quality education to make the world a better home.
