Where we Work
WYCF implements its work with a range of stakeholders including our passionate team of staff, volunteers, donors and teachers who work their hardest to create a happy, healthy and sustainable future for our children and their families.
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Your support can help us expand this program and assist more families in breaking the cycle of poverty through sustainable Agriculture. Whether through donations, partnerships, or spreading awareness, your contribution makes a lasting impact on the Agriculture and well-being of vulnerable children and their families.
DONATEOur Vision
Educated children and empowered families to live in healthy, developed and integrated communities..
Our Mission
Provide sustainable education and care to underprivileged children and overcome the social and environmental problems that deepen and perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
CURRENT OPERATIONAL AREAS
1.Freetown, Urban slums and Rural district 2.Karene District, in rural Kamakwie 3.Port Loko District, Koya Chiefdom
Our strategy
WYCF’s strategic priorities up to 2030 are:
- High-quality primary schools;
- Access to secondary school;
- Equal opportunities for girls and women;
- Healthy families in healthy communities;
- Youth empowerment and self-reliance.
- Improved and safe environment for our beneficiaries and communities.
- Food Security
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Our approach to sustainability
In order to make the families true stakeholders of the schools, WYCF students pay a symbolic fee of approximately $1.30 per term. This also ensures that there are maintenance funds for each school. We work very hard in partnership with the government of Sierra Leone to ensure that, all WYCF schools receives government support. Then, the organisation's funding burden could drop by almost $68,000 per year.
- To Ensure
- No Poverty
- Good Health And Well-Being
- Climate Action
- Gender Equality
- Partnerships For The Goal
The WYCF Home, located half-way between Kroo Bay and George Brook, sleeps seven people. Our volunteers pay an accommodation fee significantly lower than the average tourist housing. In return, they stay in this safe and comfortable home, while the surplus above the costs of maintaining the house will go into the bank account and then be re-invested to support our projects. Additionally, the WYCF Home doubles as our office during the day, reducing our running costs. Our long-term sustainability strategy also includes the rental of four small kiosks adjacent to the We Yone Primary School in George Brook, and the positioning of WYCF as a key delivery partner for major INGOs in Freetown. In that sense, WYCF has delivered several Wegdam Foundation programmes in Freetown since 2019. In 2019, WYCF was confirmed as a full delivery partner for Wegdam Foundation Netherlands and The Paul Hodges Trust in 2018 including MAKEIMPACTSL in 2024 meaning that a large portion of our projects and funding are directed by these partners. This ensures a higher quality, more sustainable and transparent service to the beneficiaries we share, all at a lower cost.
