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BUTTERCUPS IN NOVEMBER
With the first of the years' rice on it's way to Freetown and Hopes interim care and kinship fostering programmes the Hope Sakuma team...
Mo Bangura
Nov 21, 2021


OFF T'MILL AND FREETOWN BOUND
Skillfully sifting seed separating stones and chaff the Ladies resume winnowing duties with traditional sieves before parboiling in a...
Mo Bangura
Nov 12, 2021


COUNTING OUR CHICKENS
A quick call, stand aside and it's time to count our chickens, all hatched, as they literally fly out of their coop! And a fine selection...
Mo Bangura
Nov 12, 2021


CASSAVA CONCLUDES. OR DOES IT?
Another month clearing for cassava and the Hope Sakuma team complete their rainy season project with the cassava farm reaching right down...
Mo Bangura
Oct 23, 2021


PARBOILING AND MILLING A BUMPER HARVEST
After the threshing and drying of Hope Sakuma's upland rice harvest it's time to start parboiling to boost nutrition, helping the rice...
Mo Bangura
Oct 19, 2021


LET THE THRESHING BEGIN!
With Hope Sakuma's upland rice harvest well underway it's time for the team to thresh and winnow the first few weeks bounty - 1,380...
Mo Bangura
Oct 10, 2021


GRANDMA GETS HER FUDIE
Looks like Grandma's going to finally get her Fudie! Three long years after Grandma's first request Dbalo and Mustapha harvest Hope...
Mo Bangura
Oct 9, 2021


TRADITIONAL SIERRA LEONE HARVEST SONGS
A week of harvesting Hope Sakuma's upland rice starts and ends in traditional h songs, each telling a (slightly rude) story entreating...
Mo Bangura
Sep 30, 2021