Educate 50 children in Sierra Leone

It's been another exciting term of learning at EducAid's Maronka Primary School!

The new school year began on a rainy 9th September 2025 with 100 children singing and marching into Maronka for getting-to-know-you and carousel learning activities. 

Activity-based learning continues to be central in each Maronka classroom. Throughout the first term, children  developed their literacy and numeracy on self-paced tablets whilst also playing learning games for a combination of high and low-tech activity-based learning.

Maronka pupils and their teachers also explored the community around them, stopping on a walk to learn about  about different construction vehicles and their purpose. Construction workers answered pupil and teacher questions, explaining each stage of how roads are made.

In October, Maronka pupils celebrated Newspaper Day, working together to create a Maronka Primary School newspaper in only one day. A difficult, but fun task! Everyone worked together to make sure they meet their deadline. 

Every day at Maronka is an adventure of learning.

Thank you for helping to make this possible with your continued support. 

- EducAid Team

Links:

• EducAid Sierra Leone Website
• EducAid Maronka Primary School Website

As we wrapped up the spring and summer term of 2025, Maronka Primary School continued to thrive as a vibrant hub of creativity, learning, and growth. Our youngest learners made joyful progress through play-based approaches, developing key literacy and numeracy skills in a nurturing environment. 

Across the school, activity-based learning is at the center of each classroom, with pupils actively engaged and excited by their lessons. We also embraced environmental and gender equity initiatives- including tree planting, composting, and waste management as part of our climate action program. A highlight this term was our Father Daughter Day celebration, where girls shared their dreams with their fathers, who pledged their continued support for girls’ education.

We’re especially proud to share that our solar energy project was completed this term. Thanks to the generous support of the NextEnergy Foundation, we installed an 8.5kWp solar power system and generator, providing reliable electricity across the site. These upgrades are already transforming daily school life - enabling safe and productive evening study sessions, ensuring steady access to digital tools in our ICT lab, and improving conditions for learning, teaching, and community engagement. With your continued support, we’re building a more sustainable future for all 100 students and staff at Maronka.

Thank you for standing with us.

- EducAid Team

Links:

• Find out more about EducAid on our website