Welcome to the IDEA Foundation's inaugural blog. I am Jennifer Seaborn, the Executive Director of the IDEA Foundation, and I will arrive in Freetown on Monday, 2 February to conduct site visits of each of the projects that IDEA currently supports and to ensure that these programs are meeting the needs of the people of Sierra Leone.

The hope is that this blog will provide information about the current conditions on the ground in Sierra Leone and demonstrate how IDEA is making a real and lasting difference as the country continues to rebuild.