About

One Love Salone Foundation

One Love Salone Foundation is an independent, non-profit, and non-governmental organization dedicated to creating a Sierra Leone with greater love, unity, peace, compassion, and national cohesion.

The organization provides undergraduate and TVET scholarships, counseling services, partnering with MDAs and other charitable organizations striving to make life better for impoverished children, as well as embarking on other humanitarian causes across Sierra Leone.

500+
students have received school supplies, including backpacks, notebooks, and pens.
25
students have been awarded annual scholarships
15+
remote villages and towns directly reached through our on-the-ground distribution efforts.

Our Initiatives

Beyond our scholarship scheme, One Love Salone Foundation drives community upliftment across Sierra Leone through diverse philanthropic efforts. We build essential infrastructure in rural areas, empower economically, and preserve national monuments. We also provide vital school materials to secondary students, fostering a comprehensive approach to a compassionate, cohesive, and prosperous Sierra Leone.

Mission &
Values

We prepare you to launch your career by providing a supportive, creative, and professional. Our mission is to prepare students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society, thus making the world a better and more just place

Core Values​

Unity: At One Love Salone Foundation, we believe that one person cannot do it all. We have to come together because we love each other and we love what we are doing.

Peace: One Love Salone Foundation believes in resolving individual differences and conflicts through dialogue, negotiations, and peaceful means.

Love: One fundamental core value at One Love Salone Foundation is that of love. We love each other and we love what we do.

Compassion: Our concern for the needs of other people is genuine and grounded in compassion.

Integrity: We are trustworthy, take responsibility for our activities, and uphold the highest moral and ethical standards.

Emma Matthews

BA Literary Studies

“For me, it’s about the academic sphere. The University is interesting, conceptual. We acknowledge how important it is to be experimental.”

The One Love Salone Foundation Scholarship Scheme

The Scholarship Scheme is open to all Sierra Leonean students who for any financial reason are not in a position to pay their tuition fees on their own and are in need of scholarship opportunities to pursue undergraduate programs in Sierra Leone.