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Newsletter, June 2012
- ‘Enthused and inspired by their visit to Bo’ – A group of 6 young people visit Bo
- The visit by five Warwick and Leamington teachers to their partner schools in Bo.
- The local authority link: environmental, waste management, planning and finance
- Mental health in Bo: a talk by Aminata Mansaray and Jane Shackman
- ‘Fambul Tok’ a film about the power of forgiveness.
Newsletter, January 2012
- ‘The Voyage’ – A group of young people from Warwick District prepare to visit Bo
- Guest speakers Mark Poston of DFID and Pof. Paul Jackson speak to OWL.
- The successes and problems of the local authority links
- Catherine Moody, OWL’s youth coordinator, reflects on last summer’s trip to Bo
- John Archer reports on his latest visit to help Bo City Council on land use planning.
- Warwick OWL AGM 2011 – a lively affair!
Newsletter, June 2011
- The Magnificent Seven teachers return from visiting Bo schools
- Bo Chief Administrator, William Alpha, visits Warwick District
- DFID experts speak to OWL about healthcare and development
- Tribute to the late Johannes Mallah, former Chairman of Bo OWL
- V V Bockarie and Maada Fobay (Bo OWL Chairman and Treasurer) visit UK
- Bo planning project update
Newsletter, November 2010
- Teachers from 6 schools to go to Bo in February 2011
- OWL Local Authority Group supports digital mapping of Bo
- Legacy opens exciting possibilities – Bo OWL buys land
- Introducing new OWL coordinators for schools and youth in Warwick
- Bo and Makene waste management project behind schedule but still progressing
- Scope for a new health link with Bo?
- OWL Teaching Resources Group develop classroom start-up materials
- Speakers from DFID to speak to OWL in January 2011
- 6th-formers competition – win a visit to Bo
Newsletter, June 2010
- Bo Mayor, Wusu Sannoh, visits Warwick District
- The Bo Sanitation Project finally gets under way
- Over a thousand involved in the youth programme in Bo
- One man went to Bo – the first visit by John Archer, planning specialist
- New plans in health links, adult education about development and a linking get-together
- Latest news of the schools programme
- ‘My Country is Sick’ – poems by Josaya about the Civil War in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2000.