Koinadugu College Receives Accreditation; Sets Launch Date

As many committed FMFM supporters know, we have been working diligently behind the scenes to support Project 1808 and our partner, Alhaji Njai, as he has embarked on building the FIRST higher education institution in the remote Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone. A dream for Dr. Njai and his community for more than 10 years, Koinadugu College is now a reality.

We are proud to announce that the college has received the necessary accreditations from the Tertiary Education Committee (TEC) and NCTA boards - allowing the school to begin short course registration this July and an official launch of its undergraduate degree program in September 2023.

Koinadugu College will be a model One Health campus and the first higher institution of learning for the people of Koinadugu and Falaba Districts. Built on the Project 1808, Inc. model, Koinadugu College brings experiential learning along with the values of Sustainability, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous knowledge, Pan-African education, and global thinking.

Our partner, Dr. Alhaji N’jai had this to say of this announcement: “So many amazing people to THANK along this journey of dreams to reality, and it will take an entire book to do. Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds, Maria Nicholas-Groves, Sarah Fracek, Strides For Africa, Chris Jimieson, Dr. Susan Balmes from Lake Michigan College, the Project1808 Family and team. We made it beyond odds!”

A huge thank you to all FMFM donors over the past three years. Your contributions have helped to purchase materials and pay for labor for a main academic building, cassava plant processing machine, sustainable landscaping that will protect the campus from eroding winds and much more. Our team will visit Sierra Leone in 2024 and share an update on the schools progress and our revenue-generating crop program in years to come!