The Child Rescue Center of Sierra Leone presented by Vickie Edwards

"Our mission is to provide for the spiritual, intellectual, physical and social needs of children and youth who have become victims of neglect, abuse, poverty, hunger, culture, war and corrupt political systems. Our primary goal is to provide food, shelter, clothing, health care, education and skills training for orphans, street children, school dropouts and children and youth in extremely difficult socio-economic circumstances."


Vickie Edwards a Wilson resident and parishioner of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilson provided the Wilson Rotary Club with an extremely informative and entertaining power point presentation on the Children's Rescue Center of Sierra Leone. Ms. Edwards informed us of the history of the civil war, the atrocities of the region and the horrific stories of the children that the violent war affected.

The CRC was formed with the help of the First Methodist Church in Herndon, VA and has taken in children that were orphaned and on the street.

This orphanage would make an excellent International Services Project.