When I arrived in Liberia as a CODE volunteer, the nation had just emerged from a brutal, bloody, civil war. As Helene Cooper recalls in her memoir, The House at Sugar Beach, those with the wherewithal fled or were killed.…
CODE is proud to launch of our Class of 2023 scholarship campaign. We’re aiming to help young women in Sierra Leone achieve their dreams of becoming certified teachers by funding scholarships for them to attend teachers’ college. This scholarship initiative…
Just like this scholarship program is the first of its kind for CODE so are these podcasts. CODE's Communications Manager Emily Prashad is your host as she interviews Dr. Johanna Kuyvenhoven - reading specialist and Sierra Leone country lead. In…
Muttering some incredulity concerning the superintendent’s appointment of a teenager to his staff, the good-natured principal of Quispamsis Elementary School in New Brunswick came to the door of my Grade One classroom to ask me to complete my employment paperwork,…
Hila Olyan, our Director of Program Development and Innovation met with Ruby Yayra Goka in Accra, Ghana on February 2020 for coffee. We wanted to share these anecdotes from their get together. As I sit down with Ruby, I’m both…
Recently, CODE has begun to build a new evaluative learning process for use in both its organizational culture and in its international programming. As part of our 'Learning Based Management Approach' to our work we are ensuring an organizational focus…
With the world a third of the way through to the Sustainable Development Goals’ target date of 2030, stakeholders such as CODE are taking stock and reflecting how Africa, the continent furthest off track on most of the SDGs, is…
As the saying goes "education is better than silver and gold." That is what 24-year-old Ritta wrote in her application when she applied for a scholarship as part of CODE's Transforming Girls Education Program (TGEP) in Sierra Leone. This innovative…
As we monitor the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), CODE remains steadfast in its commitment to the safety and well-being of our partners, volunteers, staff and the vulnerable communities that we serve. In compliance with recommendations from global and national authorities,…
Books are a great vessel to travel the world and make new discoveries. With that sentiment in mind, some crew members from the Royal Canadian Navy recently visited one of the schools where CODE works in Sierra Leone to share…