Category Archives: Sierra Leone

Remembering Sierra Leone

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Tom (Admin)

Today Sierra Leone was officially declared “Ebola-free”, having successfully gone 42 days (two incubation periods) without a new case of Ebola.  In neighboring Guinea, where the disease outbreak began, health workers continue to struggle for its eradication, working to save … Continue reading →

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Dispatch From Sierra Leone: Return Home

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

So, I’ve been back a week, but a lot has been going on.  I wanted to go back and share some final impressions of what was a fascinating, extremely challenging month in this small West African country I never imagined … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: River Number Two Beach – Part 2

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Just sharing a couple of short videos we did at “River Number Two” Beach south of Freetown, Sierra Leone.  Overcast day at the beach, what better activity than to fly a quadcopter with GoPro around the beach?  We took a … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: Day at the Beach

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

This weekend the weather was supposed to be – well, “not as bad.”  So we planned a trip to the beach – a great opportunity to unwind a bit after a harrowing few weeks at work.  A co-worker and I … Continue reading →

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Dispatch From Sierra Leone: Sunset

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Awful news from next door in Liberia in articles like this and this. Here in Freetown, we’ve gotten some relief from the rain, and (knocks on wood) the number of new ebola cases per day has slowed considerably.  Let’s hope … Continue reading →

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Breaking Rocks in Sierra Leone

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

This morning I woke up to a rare non-rainy August morning in Freetown.  Saturday!  So I grabbed my quadcopter and my camera and headed out to one of the highest-rated local beaches, River No. 2 Beach, where the local community has … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: Walking in Freetown

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

There are two seasons in Sierra Leone:  the dry season…and the rainy season.  Although there is some rain in the “dry” season, the vast majority of the 3 meters of rain that fall on Freetown during a typical year occur between … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: Rain and Monkeys

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

It has been  an extremely challenging first week in Sierra Leone.  An ebola outbreak – the world’s worst to date – has stretched the country’s already limited medical capacity to the limit.  Although the epidemic has been going on since … Continue reading →

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