OAKS is a UK registered charity established in 2003 and is also registered in Sierra Leone as a Non Government Organisation (NGO). Under the supervision of its Cheshire office, OAKS' projects in Sierra Leone is to improves the lives and supports the needs of children of Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is today a nation of orphans, amputees and war widows.  Only 19 percent of the population is literate.  They are the victims of a brutal ten-year civil war that displaced more than a million of the country's almost five million residents.  Thousands of people, especially children, were killed, tortured, and maimed.  Many suffered the forced amputation of an arm or leg, often cut off by drugged child soldiers.

Life for Sierra Leone's many orphaned and abandoned children is desperate and lonely.  They've had no childhood and often survive by begging for food.  Many are homeless and often the victims of sexual predators and violent assaults on the streets of Freetown.

Sierra Leone, its people, and its children are entirely dependent upon the good will and generosity of the international community.  OAKS needs your help to feed and care for these children.

OAKS believes that a better tomorrow for Sierra Leone begins today in the lives of Sierra Leone's children.  Thousands of young people in Sierra Leone are disadvantaged due to poverty and civil war.  Every Sierra Leone child born has innate abilities and potential, but few can access their future without help.  That future begins with access to daily meals, education, and health care.  That is the purpose of OAKS.

All contributions are welcome.