Committing to children, especially the most vulnerable, works. Despite devastating conflict and crisis, Sierra Leone has made strong gains for children on almost all indicators since 2000 – child ...

In Sierra Leone, a country of nine million people, there were 800,000 wives aged under 18 in 2017, including 400,000 aged less than 15, according to UNICEF.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Balia Kamara's mother sent her to a center in northern Sierra Leone so the 5-year-old could receive an education and food, and stay out of harm's way during t ...

Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will ...

These curricular supports and workshops “cascaded” out to the nearly 9000 schools in Sierra Leone. More recently (November 2015), she distributed readers for young children (1 st - 3 rd grade) with ...

After their boys were born, they figured they'd adopt one, maybe two children. But after starting the adoption process in Sierra Leone, Mike felt God's nudge to adopt more.

The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone on Tuesday 25th January launched the World's Children Report 2005 at the ...