The renowned humanitarian organization with headquarters in Holland, Sunday Foundation (SF), has opened the Sunday Foundation School of Heath Sciences in Makeni with free tuition and uniforms for students, a feat that has been acclaimed by not only the students but the entire country as it will contribute to the development of Sierra Leone, especially human capital development, government’s flagship program.
The state-of-the-art facility, estimated at Le7 billion and located on five-acres of land in Maboleh, three miles from Makeni in the Shebora Chiefdom, Bombalii District, includes an E-library, modern teaching and learning methods, a skills laboratory for practical, computer laboratory, administrative building, lecture halls, staff room, Registrar and Principal’s Offices, water well, electricity supply, 12 offices for administrative, Faculty and Departmental staff and toilets.
There are also plans for future expansion of the school.
According to various stakeholders interviewed in the community, the school is expected to become one of the fastest growing not only in the Bombali District but the entire country.
Plans are also underway to construct a hostel for students and quarters for lecturers and other staff.
Students only pay for their identity cards and examinations costing Le250, 00 (two hundred and fifty Leones) and Le300 for admission form per academic year.
For the 2025/26 academic year, the school is offering Diploma in Nursing, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Community Development Studies and Information, Communication Technology.
The school has trained, qualified and experienced staff.
All the courses offered by the school have been approved by the Tertiary Education Commission, the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and the National Midwives Council of Sierra Leone.
The newly-established institution is located in a serine environment conducive for teaching and learning and for the current academic year, 100 students, mostly female, are pursuing various courses that will last for three years with plans by the school administration to upgrade some of the courses to degree level in future based on accreditation by the relevant authorities.
The institution is also affiliated to similar bodies both in Sierra Leone and abroad.
The school has enrolled students from different parts of the country including Kabala, Bonthe, Kambia and even Freetown with some of the students coming from Sunday Foundation Schools in various parts of the country.
Some of the students interviewed including Fatmata Kamara, pursing a three-year State Registered Nursing (SRN) course commended the lecturers for their commitment and dedication to duty as well as punctuality and regularity revealing that it is strictly forbidden for them to buy pamphlets.
She added that after graduation she would save lives by serving the country as she has passion for nursing and commended the school administration for the opportunity to learn free of cost, which she reiterated is a golden chance that cannot be missed.
Another student, Abdul Rahman Sesay, studying Business Administration revealed that the lecturers are up to the task, that they take weekly tests and catalogued some of their challenges as the lack of transportation, hostels and a masjid. He also appealed to urged government to upgrade the institution to a university status.
Over the past 20 years, Sunday Foundation has established 67 schools in various parts of the country providing free tuition and uniforms in addition to technical and vocational centers.
According to the National Coordinator of Sunday Foundation in Sierra Leone, Mr. Alimamy Sawyer Bangura, all the laudable developments of the organization can be attributed to its founder, Mr. Sandar De Kramern whom he commended for providing education, the key to development and enlightenment, to millions of underprivileged children in remote parts of the country, without which they would have become illiterates, liability and a social menace to society.
