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_{Top-Bottom: High Table: Irish Aid, Save the Children, Minister of Gender and Children's Affairs, Inter-religuous Council and Paramount Chief Kailahun}

_{Tommy showing off his new ruler to his father. Kroobay, Freetown, October 2021. Photo Credit: Abdul Sillah Save the Children}

Tommy, 5, could not wait to find out what was in the backpack he received from a Save the Children donation on Monday 25, October. As he was showing off his school materials to his dad, he got a surprise. Something he sees around and has always wondered what it was for–a ruler.

_{Abdul from Kroobay, holding his new backpack on Monday, 25 October. Photocredit: Abdul Sillah, Save the Children}

Meet Abdul, 7 who got a new backpack the same colour as his old bag that was burnt in a fire at Spain Community, Kroobay on September 19. He named his old bag “powerful” because of the drawings on it. He was thrilled to get his new backpack because “it looks and feels just the same."

Group photo of the Sierra Leone MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership consortium and the USAID mission team at the Waterloo health facility. October 2021. Photo Credit:  Abdul Sillah, Save the Children

^{High table at the Back to School campaign launch, National Conference Centre, Freetown, 21 September. L-R: Commissioner, NCC; Country Director, FoRUT; Country Director, Save the Children; Deputy Minister, MBSSE; Deputy Minister, MGCA and Country Representative, World Bank. Photo credit: Daniel Ibrahim Kamara, Save the Children}