Return to Sierra Leone
A refugee-turned-soccer coach is mobilizing local efforts to bring technology to the children of his home country. Sesay, 29, is working to bring technology to the children of Sierra Leone, his hometown. “I want to help the kids get involved in the community, help them to get the education to make decisions for themselves,” he says. Photo Early on the morning of January 6, 1997, Abdul Sesay was doing what he loved most — playing soccer — when his world was turned upside down. He was just about to make his way home through the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, when the city erupted in gunfire and the bursting of artillery shells. Civil war had descended upon his nation. Sesay, who was 14, sprinted frantically as he tried to make it back to his family, ducking and hiding behind buildings to avoid getting caught in the crossfire between rebel and government forces. He finally made it to his family’s house and found his uncle inside, alone. His arms had been cut off. His mother, brother, father and sister were not in sight. His uncle told him to flee immediately, and as Sesay raced out of the house he saw his father, an opponent of the government, dead in their back yard. He kept…
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