Our Goals

To positively contribute to the promotion of human rights, democracy, and civic action
To advocate for healthy behaviors and to mitigate the impact of diseases
To practice sustainable methods of farming to improve economic opportunity
To educate and transform the lives of the most vulnerable people in urban and rural areas

Our Impact

Case Study

Massa Lahia, 29

“The training changed my life. It helped me increase my profits and manage my finances better. I can now send my children to school and I no longer need to ask for help.”

Massa has been trying to run a business since she was a teenager but rarely made enough to cover basic needs. She found the issue of counting money particularly difficult and she never understood the importance of market research. Our training supported her to develop a system of counting that uses symbols rather than numbers, and taught her vital business skills which enabled her to grow her business significantly.

The result has been dramatic. Before the training she was earning an average $0-$50 per month. Post training statistics show she in now earning $125 a month. The post training follow up survey showed how her confidence in her business and personal life has also significantly improved. She credits the training with the growth of her business and her income so she is now about to support her family.

Our Achievements

In collaboration with Peace Child International, we have developed an effective image based business training program which empowers illiterate young women to build a sustainable business and become financially independent for life.

Our History

Between 2009 and 2012, expansive improvements and diversification in the agriculture program were made possibly through a key partnership with First Peoples Worldwide and funding from Keepers of the Earth.

AW.I.S.H. purchased a modern threshing machine, as well as hand tools such as shovels and cutlasses, and began training farmers in Kamboma to use a high-yield method of rice production.

Starting in 2008, selected women and youth-groups received start-up resources to grow and produce cassava in Fulawahun Kojei Ngieya Section, Kenema District. The program provided comprehensive training on low-water and less labor intensive methods to improve harvests.

In partnership with the National Elections Watch (NEW), AW.I.S.H.–SL worked tirelessly to promote credible, free and fair elections in the 2007 Presidential, Parliamentary & Local Council Elections.

With funds from the Kenema City Council, AW.I.S.H.–Sierra Leone embarked on the implementation and scaling up of HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness projects.

Through education campaigns and events sponsored by United Nation Mission in Sierra Leone at the Human Rights Development Centre in Freetown, AW.I.S.H.–SL members and staff made meaningful contributions to peace-building in post-war Sierra Leone.

Distribution of Ebola disinfectant material

Be the Change Academy Staff

AIDS Awareness Program

Building agricultural processing center

Growing casava

Be the Change Academy Certificates of Accomplishment

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