Our long term goal will be:
Build a strong community of Bo District Descendants in the United Kingdom, united to rebuild their District.
Build an effective leadership team that emphasizes excellence in every area of their lives.
Build orphanages and facilitate foster parenthood for street children.
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Equip existing schools.
Provide and facilitate training for women in basic civic issues, sensitize them about their rights and roles in developments.
Collaborate with other agencies to support local hospitals through personnel and materials, build peripheral health centers and health units, train TBAs, etc.
Promote public health education and practices.
Establish trade schools where basic skills that enhance middle manpower development are taught (bakery, carpentry, computer, masonry, motor vehicle operators, tailoring, hairdressing, market gardening, etc).
Organize seminars to teach basic business management skills like banking and savings, bookkeeping, etc. on the farms, in the villages, in the towns to farmers, tailors, carpenters, etc.
Developing cooperatives to harness local resources (diamond, cocoa, coffee, etc)
What is in the name Bo?
The inhabitants of Bo are known for their resolve, resistance and hospitality.The town was named after its generosity. An elephant was killed close to what is now known as Bo Parking Ground. People from the surrounding villages came to receive their share of the meat.
Because the meat was so large, the hunter spent days distributing it and the words "Bo- lor" which in Mende means "this is yours," was said so many times that the elders and visitors decided to name the place Bo. "Bo-lor" in Mende also translates to "this is Bo."
The name Sierra Leone
The name Sierra Leone dates back to 1462, when a Portuguese explorer sailed down the coast of West Africa. There seems some dispute whether it was the shape or climatic conditions that influenced Pedro da Cintra to come up with “Sierra Lyoa” meaning Lion Mountains.
Some say the coastal regions looked like “lion’s teeth”. Others suggest he thought the thunderstorms over the mountainous peninsula sounded like the roar of a lion. Sixteenth century English sailors called it Sierra Leoa which evolved in the 17th Century to Sierra Leone. The British officially adopted the name Sierra Leone in 1787.
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Government
Below is a list of all the people in the Sierra Leone Government
President Koroma's Cabinet
27 February 2009 to present
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Ernest Bai Koroma Sahr Sam-Sumana Zainab Hawa Bangura Dr Samura Kamara Major Rtd. Alfred Paolo Conteh Abdul Serry-Kemal David Carew Prof. Ogunlade Davidson Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo Vacant* Alimamy P Koroma Dauda Sulaiman Kamara Alhaji Alpha Saahid Bakarr Kanu
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Dr. Sam Sesay Dr Dennis Sandi Joseph Koroma Dr Soccoh Kabia Hindolo Sumanguru Trye Minkailu Mansaray Dr. Minkailu Bah Capt. Allieu Pat Sowe Vacant Dr. Komba Kono** William Juana Smith Musa Tarawali Alie Kamara |
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*Sheku Tejan Koroma was suspended 4 November 2009 after being indicted (and subsequently convicted) on corruption charges. The Ministry is being supervised by the Vice-President. |
**Replacing Leonard Balogun Koroma, who was removed on 4 November 2009. ***Haja Afsatu Kabba was dropped as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources on 15 March 2009 after being indicted on corruption charges. She was replaced by Minister of Presidential and Parliamentary Affairs Joseph Koroma. Deputy Fisheries Minister Rosaline Oya Sankoh and Deputy Social Affairs Minister Jeneh Kandeh exchanged places. |