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Helping African country recover from a damaging war
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Sierra Leone in West Africa, suffered a long and brutal war which left the country bruised and poverty-stricken. |
 A lengthy media recovery project was undertaken by Cardiff-based Thomson Foundation, funded by Britain’s Department for International Development and organised locally by the British Council in Freetown. It involved in-depth media consultancy as the country started recovering from a long and damaging war. McCreadie Media Services were called in to help.
In October 2003, she returned for a third time to have a final input into the websites' production; help provide some photographs (the government picture archive was destroyed during the war); and train local journalists into maintaining and updating the websites.
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| These and many other pictures show the beauty and resilience of this amazing country. See more on the Sierra Leone website | |
Early in 2002 and again in 2003, Julie went to Sierra Leone, working as a consultant for the Thomson Foundation, to advise on the development of two websites - one for Government Information Service news and updates and the other as a website to 'market' Sierra Leone - a beautiful country - in a recovery plan to attract inward investment and sow the seeds for a tourism industry. 
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So beautiful and so sad ... but recovering!
The beaches and the mountains are breathtaking - the people are warm and friendly... but there has been so much damage and pain. However, the signs of recovery and stability are showing now - there are new hotels, roads, schools, hospitals and new hope. Have a look at some of my Sierra Leone pictures on the Sierra Leone website.
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