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On the 5th April 2022, the children of the UMC Primary School Tombodu, received bags of sweets for all the students to enjoy. The children enjoy the food program each day which provides them with meals, however they were able to enjoy a sweet treat, as all children should. They were all extremely happy and excited about trying new food and tasting sweets that they had never heard of. Experiences such as this make their 

In January 2022, with the generous help and support of girls schools across the UK, including Kesteven And Grantham Girls School (Lincolnshire)  Torquay Girls Grammar School ,St Mary’s School Ascot) we are able now able to provide all 150 girls of The Treetop Academy secondary school with sanitary bags containing, 4 sanitary towels, soap, flannel, a drawstring bag, sweets and 3 pairs of underwear. In March 2022, 150 girls in Tombodu received their sanitary bag.

As of February 2021, the Treetop Foundation is seeking to restore a water well, in order to provide ease of access to fresh water, located near the school. The restoration project will see major improvements to the quality of life, health and happiness to all who wish to draw water from it. As it stands the water in the well is stagnant and not fit for humans. The well itself needs to be reopened with

In 2020, we had planned to travel to Sierra Leone to oversee the building of extensions for the two
schools where we planned to build new classrooms, toilet blocks and kitchens.

In November 2020, The Treetop Foundation sent the Treetops Academy school uniform for all 210 students. The Treetop Foundation has supported the Treetops Academy since August 2019. Before then, this secondary school was not even recognised by the ministry of education of Sierra Leone as a school due to the standards being so low. The headmaster of the school, Mr Karku, has said the morale of pupils and staff are at an all-time high as

The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 is already showing devasting impacts across the world. After the Ebola outbreak devasted the country just a few years back, Sierra Leoneans are in panic after the first case of COVID-19 has been recorded in Sierra Leone. Sam from Sierra Leone works for The Treetop Foundation. He has given us an insight into the impacts COVID-19  is already having. ‘In a nutshell, we are advocating for wash materials and

Mr Samuel Quee is the Headmaster of the UMC School in Tombodu. After visiting Tombodu several times, we decided that it would be beneficial for Mr Quee to attend a school in England to improve the standard of education in his school.

Sam Fanday, one of our overseas representatives, was walking home when he saw a young boy crying. The boy was sat on the floor next to a bundle of sticks that he had been collecting to sell as firewood. The young boy was called Suleiman. Sam sat down with Suleiman and listened to his sad story of how his mother and father both died and that he now lives with his aunt. He discovered that

Since the recent global pandemic, food prices in Sierra Leone have soared, which has caused widespread panic. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, The Treetop Foundation is providing weekly shipments of food to the town of Tombodu. Without it, many would starve and become malnourished. Each food shipment of rice costs £1,800. We have managed to feed approximately 4,000 poverty-stricken people and, in doing so, have helped alleviate the suffering caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Tree Top Foundation now sponsor The Treetop Academy. This secondary school was so impoverished that it was not recognised by the government.

The Treetop Foundation ships a container filled with boxes of educational resources, cooking utensils, children’s clothing and many more items. To the UMC Tombodu Primary school.

After our first visit to Tombodu, The Treetop Foundation started a feeding programme at the UMC Tombodu Primary school. All 288 children and staff receive two meals per day.