Freetown, 18 September, 2020 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The charity arm of Sierra Leone’s Archdiocese of Freetown has reached out to several families of police officers whose houses were razed down and their properties destroyed following last week’s inferno at the Kingtom Police Barracks, which is within the precincts of the Archdiocese.
Caritas Freetown Programs Manager, Ishmeal Charles told ACI Africa on Friday, September 18 that the September 7 inferno, which was caused by an electrical glitch, left at least 20 people from five families homeless and were now living at a school without help from the government.
“At the moment, the police officers and their families are living at a school because learning is not going on. Most of them don’t know where they will go next,” Charles said.
Partnering with Healey International Relief Foundation, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and LANYI Foundation under the umbrella organization, Partnering to Serve Humanity, Caritas Freetown has donated food and non-food items including blankets, shoes and sandals and clothing.
