about
Saint George Foundation, a child-focused charity Local Non-Government Organization (NGO), established in 2004 in response to the need to improve the life chances of children whose future and wellbeing had been compromised by the eleven-year civil war and whose circumstances continued to be precarious because of their social circumstances.
OUR HISTORY
Since 2004 to the present, Saint George Foundation Sierra Leone has been reacting to the changing circumstances of children, especially in the western area of Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Social Welfare (MSW), Ministry of Gender, and Children’s Affairs (MGCA), primarily working to support homeless and street children.
We belong to the Child Protection Committee and the Family Tracing, the Child Right Coalition and Reunification (FTR) Group.
Our work has been to strengthen national momentum to end child poverty, driven by children, women, families, and communities living in poverty. This approach, referred to as child-focused community development, tackles marginalization and exclusion by putting children, women, families, and communities at the centre of our activities.
OUR VISION & MISSION
OUR VISION
Our vision is a self-reliant and resilient society for children and vulnerable adults
OUR MISSION
Our Mission is to protect, support, and promote the well-being of children and vulnerable adults so they can be self-reliant and resilient through welfare and social support services.
WHAT WE DO
Our work focuses on excluded children: children from poorest households, children from broken family or community ties (These include children on the margins of society such as Ebola orphans, displaced children, street connected children, children in conflict with the law, single parent children and children living with extended families especially large polygamous families), children from remote and urban areas, children living with disabilities, and girls particularly from poorest households.
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We work with children, families and communities to address injustices and power imbalances in communities that underlie child poverty and result in violation of child rights.
Saint George Foundation approach to community development enables children, families and communities become active participants in their own development. Their empowerment plays a central role. We listen to what children really want and need. We enable their voices to be heard as we assist them in defining their long-term priorities. This is complemented by initiatives to bring about structural changes at district and national level.