SOS Family Strengthen Programme gives out 20 Million Leones to a Community Base Organization

Four years in existence, the GAFF (Gbendembu, Adonkia, Funkia and Freetown wide) Community Based Organization working with vulnerable families in the Goderich community receives on Tuesday 10^th September twenty million Leones loan from the SOS Family Strengthening Programme Goderich in Freetown.

The SOS Family Strengthening Programme Goderich has been working with the GAFF CBO in executing its activities, providing for children who are at risks of losing parental care and Family Based which also cares for children that have lost parental care.

One of the planned activities of SOS FS programme was to fund a proposed Social business; it was in this vein that the GAFF CBO was asked to write a social business proposal. The GAFF came up with a proposal on the sale of charcoal which currently has a high turn of profit in Goderich as a viable social business that they hoped to run in a sustainable way.

Presenting the cheque on Tuesday 10^th September to the five members CBO at the SOS Children’s Villages National Office, the National Director, Mr. Olatungie Woode said the loan was in fulfillment of the business plan proposal submitted to his office. He advised the CBO members to use the money wisely to have a high income and create an impact in their community.

In an interview, the Chairperson of GAFF CBO, Councilor Mohamed Alafia Sesay, stated that “this social business will help them greatly to raise financial resources to carry out planned activities like funding the education of twenty five vulnerable children in the community”..

Ayodele Rashid, the secretary for GAFF, expressed her gratitude during an interview on behalf of the other members and promised that they will work together as a team to promote the work of their organization.

Mr. Benoni Williams giving a speech at the end of the signing of the loan agreement, stated that as the National FS Coordinator, he encourages all members of the GAFF CBO to ensure that the sales of charcoal is done aptly with the support of SOS FS Programme especially in the area of managing revenues, so it can properly be accounted for and the net profit is efficiently used to expand the business. 

This year SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone will help about 2800 Orphans and Vulnerable children in all operating locations (Freetown, BO and Makeni) with food, clothing, education, rental support and income generating activities to help build capacities of Vulnerable Families within the Goderich community.