Disruption
of civil life in the form of a hideous and senseless war started in
Sierra Leone in 1991. This has resulted in untold hardship and trauma
in the form of loss of life, maiming, abuse of women and children and
wilful damage to properties and infrastructures. No part of the country
or family have been spared.
The first attack on the Campus was in December 1995 and there have been
three subsequent attacks resulting in its relocation to the capital
Freetown since 1996 on a temporary basis. The attacks resulted in ca.
15 deaths, some adductions and massive destruction of its infrastructure,
equipment and other assets. As a further consequent of the war
many of the college’s highly trained and skilled academics have left
Sierra Leone for opportunities elsewhere. Hence a key factor in the
drop in staff numbers over the last few years.
The Peace Agreement on July 7, 1999 in Lome, Togo stopped the war activities. The Government taking cognisance of this and the role Njala University plays in the human resources development of the country has been nudging us to put in place plans for a return to our permanent site.
This
has prompted the development of a phased rehabilitation / reconstruction
plan estimated at USD 58m. The Government is expected to help us source
for a good chunk of this estimate while we also make
approaches here and there to sell bits and pieces of the plan to the donor
community.
Also afoot are plans for the establishment of a faculty of Veterinary Medicine , expansion into new academic Departments of Forestry, Food Technology and Nutrition, Fisheries and Horticulture in the faculty of Agriculture and the start of a 12 Calendar Masters by taught courses in addition to the other Postgraduate programmes already in existence.
As
our resources are limited, we cannot solely on our own cope with these
developments. To achieve our aims and realize our dreams we need your
help. We therefore request for your support to enable us rebuild
our University.
Your generous donations will help us bring our dreams to fruition.
We thank you in anticipation of your generosity and kind consideration.
Prof. Aliyageen M. Alghali, Ph.D
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Njala University
My short to medium term vision for Njala University are attached for your persual and in order for you to identify possible areas where you think you can be of help:
