seven amazing days of fundraising, action and prayer.

Scanning the horizon of Bonthe district in Sierra Leone it is difficult to believe that the population struggles to grow or purchase enough food for its families. Fertile arable land stretches before you for 52,000 acres but two in every five children suffer from chronic malnutrition, causing stunted growth and impaired mental development.

Although around half of Sierra Leone’s population depends on agriculture for its livelihood, fewer than five per cent of households have the tools or equipment necessary to improve their harvest, restricting the vast majority to small scale subsistence farming and regular food shortages.

But the commitment of Christian Aid partner the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone (MCSL) and the hard work of the communities it works with, makes real change a possibility. By providing the tools and equipment needed to ensure that the most can be made of the surrounding abundant resources, the harvest will increase and there will be enough to feed families all year round. Excess produce can then be sold and a real difference can be made.