These are pictures of Sierra Leone brought to us by Sr. Ann Stevens who has returned to Melbourne briefly. Please click on an image below to view a larger version.

	Children from the non-formal education program. This program is an attempt toprovide training in basic literacy for displaced children who have beennot been able to get into the formal education system.
	St Joseph's school compound, Charlotte St. Freetown. The compound houses three schools - preschool (250 students), Infant school (classes 1-3: 1,200 students) and Primary school (1,000 students). The top floor of the school was rebuilt in 1999 after taking a direct hit during bombing of Freetown.
	Mrs Juliana Bangura using one of the new blackboards supplied with funds from MOM.
	Aminata Bangura at her provisions table in Grafton displaced camp.
	Aminata Banguta with business trainers Altonia and Jariatu. Aminata is 'stump-printing' her business agreement at the completion of her training.
	Staff and patients - St Joseph's Clinic, Moyamba.
	SECHN Adama Conteh with an elderly patient at St. Joseph's Clinic, Moyamba. Adama has been the nurse-in-charge at Loreto Clinic, Makeni, prior to its destruction. She fled to Moyamba for safety (her husband's family are from that area). She was ideally placed to re-open our clinic in Moyamba when the local clinic requested it.
	Bambe Sawaneh had both hands amputated in 1998. He has had the Kruckenberg procedure to convert one of his amputated stumps into a functional pincer, and is now fulfilling his ambition to learn to write. He is soon to be fitted with artificial limbs which will be adapted for use with farming tools as he hopes to go back to farming.