https://readary.org/support/https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenkiii.pngtenkiiihttps://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/logo_medrange-blue-jpgsmall-1.jpglogo_medrange-blue JpgSmall2025-06-16T02:00:32+00:00weekly0.6https://readary.org/history/https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenki6.jpegtenki6https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenki5.jpegtenki5https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenki4.jpegtenki4https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenki.jpegtenkihttps://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tenki1.jpegtenki1https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tnki2.jpegtnki2https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tnki3.jpegtnki3https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/38f5f333-e32b-4bfd-8650-b65cd67a0840-1-1.jpg38f5f333-e32b-4bfd-8650-b65cd67a0840 (1)https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/38f5f333-e32b-4bfd-8650-b65cd67a0840-1.jpg38f5f333-e32b-4bfd-8650-b65cd67a0840 (1)https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/97b9ac39-25ee-41df-b71e-4c13106bef84.jpg97b9ac39-25ee-41df-b71e-4c13106bef842025-06-16T01:57:30+00:00weekly0.6https://readary.org/contact-us/2025-04-14T22:53:24+00:00weekly0.6https://readary.org/mission/https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/photo-2024-05-30-12-42-48-2-1.jpgPHOTO-2024-05-30-12-42-48 2 (1)https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/whatsapp-image-2024-03-18-at-13.00.26-2.jpegWhatsApp Image 2024-03-18 at 13.00.26 (2)https://readary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/un055468-1-1024x653-1.jpg170120-sierra-leone-grile-0323On 20 January, 18-year-old Mariatu Bangura kisses her son, Abdulai Kamara, at home before leaving for school, in Rokupr Town in Kambia District. Mariatu and her son live with her grandmother Yamaya Kamara (behind them), who looks after him while Mariatu attends school. Mariatu’s cousin, Ya Alimamy Kamara, is also visible behind them. Mariatu, who gave birth to Abdulai in October 2015, attends Kubra Agricultural Secondary School in the town. She returned to mainstream schooling after taking remedial classes that were provided for free for girls who became pregnant or gave birth during the Ebola emergency. Kubra Agricultural’s proprietor (Mabinty Kubra Turay) provided Mariatu’s school uniform and helped with her tuition. To support herself and her child, Mariatu sells slippers and started a vegetable garden. She wants to become a nurse when she completes her education. In January 2017 in Sierra Leone, a bridging education programme – rolled out in the country in 2015 – has allowed girls who became pregnant or gave birth during the Ebola emergency to continue their studies through alternative education, and to re-enter the formal school system following the birth of their children. Alternative classes have been provided at community- and school-based learning centres in all 14 of the country’s districts, and more than 14,500 pregnant adolescent girls have benefited from the programme, which initially targeted 3,000 girls. The programme, supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), IrishAid and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), was created to reduce the impact of a ban – put in place during the Ebola emergency – that prohibited pregnant teenage girls from attending school; and was also created to prevent them from dropping out of school permanently. A rapid assessment conducted by UNFPA in 2015 showed that more than 18,100 adolescent girls beca2024-07-05T17:37:01+00:00weekly0.6https://readary.orgdaily1.02025-06-16T02:00:32+00:00