Peacekeepers assist local communities in Sierra Leone

Kenya’s Battalion 6 in the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has drawn on the expertise and goodwill of its soldiers to assist local communities through the refurbishment of school and religious facilities, according to a press statement from the UN peacekeeping force. The Commanding Officer of UNAMSIL’S Kenya Battalion, Lt-Col Henry Kogo, donated 98 desks to the Sierra Leone Islamic Federation Primary School at Masiaka in Port Loko District on 21 July, as a result of contributions from the Islamic Fraternity of KENBATT 6 and a supplement from the Commanding Officer, it said. Earlier in the same week, Kogo handed over the “Our Lady Queen of Peace” church in Masiaka to Bishop George Biguzzi of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni. The church, looted and destroyed during the conflict, was renovated by engineers, masons, carpenters and other personnel of KENBATT 6.