Lomé, Togo.Photo © Nile Sprague21-Nov-2010 17:04, Canon Canon EOS 7D, 4.0, 17.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 160
Tag Archives: West Africa
Video: Harford School for Girls, Sierra Leone
The Harford School for Girls in Moyamba, Sierra Leone, is over 100 years old, and provides schooling for young women aged 13 to 22 years, preparing them for University and other advanced education. Watch the video to see interviews with students and to learn more about the school.
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Tagged education, girls, girls school, harford school for girls, sierra leone, West Africa, young women
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Harford School for Girls and Moyamba Daycare Magazine article
Harford School for Girls and Moyamba Daycare, Sierra Leone
Response magazine, June 2011
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Tagged children, daycare, education, females, harford school for girls, magazine article, moyamba, response magazine, schools, sierra leone, West Africa, women
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Cashew Processing, Côte d’Ivoire
I visited a cashew processing factory in November 2010 in NE Côte d’Ivoire. I was somewhat shocked by the lengthy and complicated process involved in preparing a cashew to be eaten – I will never again toss one after another into my mouth, without a profound respect for the all the labor that went into it’s production. Check out my video to see the process for yourself. Filming, photography and production by Nile Sprague.
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Tagged cashew, Côte d'Ivoire, factory, Ivory Coast, nuts, processing, West Africa
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Giving Hope Credit – Response magazine, March 2011
Giving Hope Credit - Response magazine, March 2011
Giving Hope Credit – Response magazine, March 2011 (PDF, 684 KB)
The Clef Serepta bank in Côte d’Ivoire provides micro-financing and credit to enable women to start their own businesses, thus giving them a source of income, empowering them, and helping them raise quality of life for their families.
Story and photography by Nile Sprague – read more »
See more photos from this visit »
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Tagged banking, banks, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, micro-credit, micro-finance, response magazine, West Africa, women
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Lomé, Togo
I spent several days in Togo’s capital Lomé, where I visited a market where children were working for petty cash as laborers moving cassava root, and met several young people who had been educated through various vocational training programs of Y Care International. Occupations included tailoring, jewelry making and hairdressing.
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Tagged child labor, children, education, hairdressing, jewelry making, lomé, tailoring, togo, vocational training, West Africa, y care international
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Notse, Togo
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Tagged breast feeding, children, islam, muslim, muslim women, notse, open sewer, togo, water, West Africa, women
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Atakpame, Togo
I spent a day in Atakpame, about three hours drive north of Togo, where I visited youth who had completed vocational training programs in auto-mechanics, hairdressing, shoe-making, and woodworking. I also visited a prison where Y Care International is doing advocacy and outreach work with wrongly imprisoned young people, many of whom have been held for long periods of time with no trial, and often without being charged. Through the efforts of Y Care International, many of the young people have been freed from prison, and are the put into rehabilitation and vocational training programs, helping them to rebuild their lives.
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Tagged atakpame, carpenter, children, cobbler, hairdresser, kids, labor, prison, prisoners, shoe maker, togo, vocation, West Africa, work, y care international, ymca, youth
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