Connect my school

Elementary, middle, high school up to college age students can connect with students in the Bumpe Chiefdom through video conference.  Students have so far worked on projects involved with Education,  Public Health, and Female Empowerment.  Please see the examples of completed and ongoing projects below (Click on Photos). If you want to connect, click on our website Contact page for information.

School projects that are ongoing

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Connecting Girls Internationally
Connecting Girls Internationally

We facilitated video conferencing between Bumpe High School and Girls Learn International (GLI) at Oakwood School in Los Angeles, USA so female students could share contrasting perspectives on culture and education.

Pen Pal Exchange
Pen Pal Exchange

Bumpe High School girls corresponded (pen pal exchange, video conferencing) with  girls at two California high schools.

Digital Literacy Program
Digital Literacy Program

Through our collaboration with TakingITGlobal (TIG), we started the first digital literacy program in Bumpe Ngao Chiefdom. So far, we are teaching over 300 students and 50 teachers the basics of digital education.

Completed Student projects

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Oakwood Students in Sierra Leone
Oakwood Students in Sierra Leone

Oakwood students (USA) visit Sierra Leone to work with Bumpe High School students.

Ebola: Partnering with U.S. Schools
Ebola: Partnering with U.S. Schools

We shared our Ebola work via Skype with schools in the US.

Student Products
Student Products

The Town School for Boys (San Francisco, CA) has addressed the spread and decline of Ebola in a study of exponential numbers in Algebra Class.

If you are interested in connecting your school or classroom by video conference to read a book together, create a student problem solving project, fundraise or more,  please contact Jennifer Klein, board member and education coordinator for Sierra Leone Rising at jennifer@principledlearning.org