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Empowering over 600 farmers in Sierra Leone through service learning

Illinois and Njala students and faculty who participated in trainings and field work.

Through my studies at the University of Illinois, I have developed a close affinity to Sierra Leone. In no way am I a Sierra Leonean, but I am a friend. 

I first traveled to the country