Concord Times (Freetown)
Mohamed L Bangura
5 November 2009
Freetown — A community based organization, peacock farm awareness and development organization in collaboration with goal Sierra Leone has ended a quiz competition and sensitization forum for over ten schools.
The main purpose of organizing the programme was to educate the pupils to help fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria and the rights of the child.
The programme attracted many stakeholders including teachers, community members in the east end part of the city.
A representative from goal Sierra Leone, Kadiatu Koroma said her organization always give their support to community base organizations to capacitate children.
The quiz competition involved primary schools like Evangelical primary school, Kulafia Rashideen primary school, Koya town community school, Winners school of prosperity and the Baptist primary school.
Coordinator of the program, Ishmael Koroma said the quiz and sensitization forum was a demonstration of development in the Wellington community.
"It helps to capacitate the pupils in the area of healthcare in the community. We have done more sensitization and debates in the community," he said.
The best quizzers of the competition go to Sheiku Gbla of Fatibo secondary and Momodu Kamara of Olivet primary school.
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