L.A.C.E.S. officially made the move to Sierra Leone in 2020 initiating the expansion of our research backed program.
Why Sierra Leone:
We felt like a movie into Sierra Leone was a great start for our global expansion. Sierra Leone, like Liberia, has faced the adverse effects of civil war and the Ebola crisis. Given the similarities between the two countries, we believed that by replicating the program we had already applied in Liberia, we would be able to positively impact the people of Sierra Leone.
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How does the L.A.C.E.S. program work in Sierra Leone?
To scale our impact we are establishing programs that are run by local partners that implement L.A.C.E.S. research-backed program that encourages a permanent cycle of change.
L.A.C.E.S. in partnership with a local organization, recruits local coaches and teaches them L.A.C.E.S. life changing curriculum that they then implement with the vulnerable street children in their community.
While the daily details of our program are managed by our partnering organization, L.A.C.E.S. works behind the scenes providing technical support and expertise needed to bring long term change within a community.
Through the avenue of sports, L.A.C.E.S. guides and empowers local leaders to create lasting change by mentoring and bring holistic healing to the future world changers within their communities.
L.A.C.E.S. was founded with one main goal: helping vulnerable children who have been negatively impacted by war and disease. We began our expansion in Sierra Leone because of the country’s history with disease and war similar to that of Liberia. As we go forward we plan on identifying other vulnerable communities and finding ways to use our research backed L.A.C.E.S. program to help more children.