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Was it a folly show of bravado and valor? Better still, I my first reaction on picking them from the airport was what GKC would have described as ‘they have lost their address’. No, the answer was a fearless adventure demonstrating a deep and selfless solidarity with people in Sierra Leone at throes of grave socio-political and poverty challenges. You will never know how that visit boosted our spirits, the esteem of our school children, their families and the farmer cooperatives in the communities where the SLCC works in Kono.

Was it a folly show
of bravado and valor?

In a bid to consolidate our friendship and have a first-hand understanding of the work the SLCC does in Sierra Leon. Despite harrowing political tensions following a rigged presidential election barely three months earlier, the three on boarded a Brussels flight and popped up at the Freetown International Airport at 5pm on 12th September 2023. What could these three be up to-coming to Sierra Leone at a time when many western diplomats thought the country was on the brink of degenerating into another civil conflict.

"THREE
MAGNIFICENT
ADVENTURERS"

Kevin, Stefano and Giorgio are members of the dynamic Italian Chesterton Society, a Catholic motivated family-centered cooperative. The SLCC has known and being working with the trio since 2013, fulfilling a true friendship between the SLCC and the Italian Chesterton Society.

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