One billion people
struggle to survive on one dollar a day. 80% of the global population
lives in substandard housing, 70% are unable to read, and 50% of everyone
on the planet suffers from malnutrition. 35,000 children die of hunger
daily. 50% lack safe drinking water and every major ecosystem is in
measurable decline.
It is possible to eradicate hunger and illiteracy as well as provide
clean water, sanitation, education and health care for everyone. The
UN Development Agency estimates it would require an additional $40 billion
annually intelligently spent. We have the technological solutions. It's
time for implementation. No one country or organization alone can solve
these global issues. It's up to all of the global community.
We Care is a community-based organization in Bo that works to implement
small-scale global problems. Through raising awareness of issues affecting
our community and promoting the need for preventive action, we will
seek to reduce the incidence of vulnerability.
We leverage ideas to implement quality of life, save money, create jobs,
increase productivity and protect the environment. These antidotes to
poverty, social injustice and poor education also prevent the all-too-common
cycle of violence. We believe that we have the right to make informed
choices about our future.
Those who have eyes to see, ears to hear, hearts to feel and hands to
act internationally are invited to join us find the required resources
to address these issues locally.
I was born in Bo in Sierra Leone on the 18th April 1981. I started attending
nursery and grade schools in Yekepa in Liberia where my parents had
lived and worked. We returned to Bo in Sierra Leone when the Liberian
civil started and had lived there and continue to attend school amidst
another civil war. I moved to an all girls' boarding school in Moyamba
some 60 miles away from home for my senior secondary school. At school
I developed a passion for environmental issues and had actively participated
in tree planting initiatives. I was also very active in other social
school functions. We were taught to do every thing to protect our environments
and that remains my abiding memory. I plan to train as an accountant.
