St. Mary’s Fatima Interim Care Centre

How Sierra Leonean Priest Birthed Home for Vulnerable Children amid War Devastation

Five-year-old Alusine wants to be a soldier when he grows up “to arrest all bad men.” Asked to name his village, Alulu, as he is fondly referred to at St. Mary’s Fatima Interim Care Centre in River Number Two estate outside Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, says he comes from “Emergency!”