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emonAid
Fund is making a difference as a result of our specialized expertise and collective experience in ….
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Research
and evaluation
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Engaging
in needs assessments and building systems to access or create services required to meet those needs
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Working with
diverse populations
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Human and organizational development, training,
social welfare, economic development, and financial and project management
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| Frances Browne of Sierra Leone |
You may ask why LemonAid Fund has such a focus on Sierra Leone. in 1996 Nancy Peddle, LemonAid Fund's founder, was working
in the war-torn country and experienced the trauma of the Bloody Coup, a war which Blood Diamond the 2006 movie
depicts with a great deal of accuracy. That experience created the seed for starting LemonAid Fund.
After the devastation, she saw that with just a little support people's lives could be positively affected. In the ten
years since the Coup, things have improved in Sierra Leone. The war has ended and the country has moved from the
poorest country in the world to the 6th poorest country (average $200 per year salary), but there is still work
to be done. Sierra Leone remains the number 1 ranked country for the most deaths of children under 5 (UNICEF's
The State of the World's Children 2007) and most children still do not go to school. Frances Browne, our
Sierra Leone liaison, has picked up many of the pieces for children. She loves children and works tirelessly to improve
their lives. With a little support from LemonAid Fund she has rebuilt two schools and is working on a third. She supports
a network of schools with learning materials and quality supervision and she started a micro-loan program for the
parents and community members with the help of LemonAid Fund.
Frances says about LemonAid Fund, “Thank you for being people from one of the greatest countries in the world, who are helping
and caring for children who you don’t know, but for the love of God. Building Up the Children is changing lives and
making the difference in our country, Sierra Leone, especially after the war.”
| Giving a Gift of Joy |
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| Children at a LemonAid Fund Sponsored Christmas Party |
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Our Programs
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| Everyone is part of making this miracle happen! |
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| Library in Progress August 2006 |
e aid in projects
and programs that contribute to the education and health as well as the social, economic and cultural development of children,
families and communities.
We look for inspired
ideas and actions and innovative practices with evidence of effective results supported by grass-roots involvement.
We join with individuals,
communities and organizations to support ideas that are chosen, designed, implemented and evaluated with the participation
of those who will primarily benefit from those actions.
sampling of 2008 projects with which LemonAid Fund is involved include:
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