Please note that our overseas staff can change frequently given the different needs of different programs. This list may not fully reflect our diverse and committed staff in Sierra Leone.

Freetown Staff
South Staff - Bo & Makeni
North Staff - Kabala

Born in Freetown in 1954, Mr. Cummings has spent a lifetime working towards the betterment of his country. He started working for CAUSE in July of 2007 but has many years of experience and expertise relating to development. He is an advocate of fair play, justice and doing the right thing, even when it isn’t the easiest.

Ossei Kouakou | Finance Director
Ossei was born in the Abengourou, Ivory Coast in 1955. Since 1995, Ossei has remained committed to the many programs of CAUSE Canada as our Finance Director. He is most proud of the way CAUSE Canada allows others to remain hopeful about the potential and the future of Sierra Leone.

Alhaji S. Mansaray | Finance Officer
Alhaji loves his country especially when it comes to its music and its soccer matches. He is currently taking classes in accounting and hopes to continue to grow within his position at CAUSE Canada. What makes him most proud about working for CAUSE Canada is that it has maintained a positive reputation, both within the country as well as the international community. He feels that the work that CAUSE Canada does with the amputees and disabled members of society is extremely important because it gives individuals a second chance at a better life. He believes that the small business and micro-credit programs are making a dramatic difference in the future of many vulnerable members of society.

Samuel Bangalie | Admin/Finance Manager
Mr. Bangalle has a passion for serving humanity. He strongly values the protection of human rights and bettering the existence of those less fortunate.  He says that CAUSE gives him the opportunity to serve God while fulfilling his passion for assisting those around him.  He is proud that CAUSE has Christian roots and yet accepts everyone equally.  He is most excited about the CAUSE Kids programme and the care that it provides to hundreds of children.  He believes that it is the children who are creating a stronger future for his country.  By ensuring that this new generation is healthy will ensure the wealth of Sierra Leone in the future.

Eric Prince Jones | Office Assistant
Eric has been working for CAUSE since 1992. He started as the car washer and then moved up to become the Office Assistant, in charge of all the mail, purchases, receipts, and various office chores.  When he is not playing football or watching American action movies, Eric studies hard at improving his English writing skills. He believes that the key to development in Sierra Leone depends on improving healthcare, security and electricity for all. He says he is happy to work for an organisation that understands exactly what his country needs.

Ibrahim-Brimá Same | Driver
Brima has been the official driver for CAUSE Canada since 1995. He is a proud father of three beautiful teenage girls and has lived in Freetown for most of his life. Like most other Sierra Leone men, he loves soccer, movies and is proud of where he comes from. Brima dreams of any opportunity that would allow him to see more of the world.

Jeremiah Wurie | Driver
Before working with CAUSE Canada, Jeramiah worked with an organization called "Mercy Ships," with whom he worked as a driver. Jeramiah enjoyed an incredibly rewarding job as he spent his time driving to remote communities of Sierra Leone in search of women in need of medical attention. Jeramiah worked in parternship with local leaders, traditional birth attendants, and nurses to locate those women with obstetric fistulas who were most in need. Jeramiah explains that the dancing and celebrations of the women were one of his favourite parts of the job. "I would beat drums and they would dance and tell Papa God tanki for becoming whole again." Although the work was meaningful, in 2010 Jeramiah sought out more permanent employment and is very pleased to have been working with CAUSE Canada as a driver since then.

According to Jeramiah, his favourite part of working with CAUSE Canada is getting a chance to meet so many different international people. When working with CAUSE Canada he can find time for his family, which is important as he is a single father of 2 children: a little boy who is 9 and his daughter who is 12 years old. Jeramiah says he is "single, free, and hopeful."

James Koroma | Day Guard

James was born in the Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone in 1958. Not long after he started working with CAUSE Canada as a day guard in 1990, the country broke out into a horrific war lasting over a decade. During this time, James continually put his own life at risk in order to help keep others safe. After living through such a chaotic time, James now takes pleasure in cooking delicious African meals, going to church and playing board games late into the night with his beautiful wife. More than anything in this world, James wishes he could one day become a pastor.

Theresa Benjamin | Programme Manager-South
Theresa is a warm and enthusiastic Sierra Leonean nurse and midwife who has worked with CAUSE Canada for over 15 years in Sierra Leone, West Africa. She is a mother and grandmother whose passion and expertise lies in maternal and child health. In her career, she has delivered well over 100 babies and facilitated large-scale immunization programs that have protected hundreds of thousands of children from disease. Theresa has also been active in training countless numbers of Traditional Birth Attendants in proper methodology and care for mothers and newborns. She has also travelled Canada as an inspiring and articulare speaker on behalf of women's health and empowerment in her home nation.

Mohamed Juana | Project Officer, Health
In 2005, Mr. Juana began working for CAUSE as the Project Officer: Health. His duties include preparing monthly, quarterly and yearly reports, writing health project proposals, assisting program coordinators in facilitating and coordinating training, and mentoring program staff. Mohamed received his National Diploma in Environmental Health Technology from Ngala University, and is currently working towards his Masters in Health Care Administration. He continually strives to blend field experience with theoretical knowledge, and will often provide a model for staff by completing some in-field work himself. In the future, he hopes to use his experience and education to become a tutor in a Public Health University.

Mohamed Jalloh | Project Officer
Mohamed was born in the Southern province in a place called Bonthe Island.  He first moved to Freetown in 1991 but did not begin working with CAUSE until 2003, when he started his position as Project Officer.  In his free time, Mohamed enjoys watching soccer matches, reading fiction novels and listening to his favourite artist, Celine Dion.  Mohamed is sincerely passionate about humanitarian work and says if given the opportunity, he would love to go back to school for Development Studies, forcing mainly on micro-credit and micro-finance.  He is proud to work for an organisation that provides everyone, no matter who you are, with an equal opportunity.  He feels that CAUSE helps to instil self-respect and motivation in all those they come into contact with.

Augustine Zoker | Program Manager-North
Holding a Higher Teacher's Certificate and BSc in Economics, Mr. Zoker loves working with grassroot community development projects, which makes him a perfect fit for his position at CAUSE Canada. As Program Manager-North, Mr. Zoker ensures correct implementation of development projects, works with the Country Director to write proposals for future projects, ensures the proper use of resources and project items, and acts as a liason between CAUSE Canada and other NGO partners, government authorities, and communities in Northern Sierra Leone. Mr. Zoker's dream? Having been a teacher for eleven years, he envisions supporting projects which facilitate the growth of ideal schools—where children are cared for, and all of the needed facilities and resources are provided. He enjoys working for CAUSE Canada because it's a small NGO: big enough to make a very significant impact, but small enough that staff members know and care for each other.

Joseph Bangura | Program Engineer
Joseph Bangura is the CAUSE Canada Program Engineer. He earned a BSc (Hons.) in Applied Geophysics at The Stary Oskol Geological Prospecting College in the former USSR and an MSc in Groundwater and Foundation Engineering at the University of Tübingen in West Germany. He has since led engineering programs for Plan Sierra Leone, Child Fund, Catholic Mission, Community Action for Progress, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Government of Sierra Leone, in addition to founding GEOWATER Company – for constructing water and sanitation infrastructure – and WEBCO Construction Enterprise – for other construction projects. Mr. Bangura has been CAUSE Canada’s Sierra Leone Program Engineer since 2004.

Momodu Bangura | CAUSE Kids Coordinator
Momodu received a three year Higher Teacher's Certificate (Secondary) from the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology in Community Development Studies with a major in Agriculture. In 2004, Mr. Bangura began work with the UNICEF community schools project; and he is currently working as the CAUSE Kids Coordinator. In this role, Mr. Bangura acts as a liason officer between the Canadian and Sierra Leonean offices, implements and monitors school feeding programs, uniform distribution and agricultural support, and makes regular visits to three sponsored schools in and around Kabala to update sponsor information.

His ultimate dream? Momodu wants to run a project that brings self-sufficiency in food production through the formation of cooperatives that will provide seed banks and training in appropriate agricultural technologies.

Rugiatu Tarawalie | Health and Monitoring Assistant, CAUSE Kids
Rugiatu also joined the CAUSE family in February of 2009 as the Health and Monitoring Assistant. Her duties include monitoring and development of health policies and system for the CAUSE Kids program, distribution of teaching and learning materials and uniforms, inventory of materials issued to schools and regular updating of school statistics. She is currently in college taking a distance learning course for a Business Administration diploma out of Makeni. 

During her free time, Rugiatu enjoys reading, listening to the radio and playing volleyball. She would like to achieve more and to better her education. She also wants to be a good and humble housewife in the future and to be good and open to all.

Alie M. Bangura | Agriculture Officer, CAUSE Kids
Alie has competed his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Agriculture at the General National Agricultural Training Center in the Njala University College (NUC) from 2000 to 2003. He has been with CAUSE Canada since June 2008. His responsibilities include anything agricultural related such as producing and monitoring an agricultural journal, preparing an agricultural budget and ensuring the proper use of community oxen and proper management of proceeds from community gardens as well as keeping track of the agricultural item inventory and monitoring and evaluating the community gardens.

Mariama Jalloh | Administrative/Monitoring Assistant, CAUSE Kids
After receiving her diploma in Accounting and Finance, Mariama joined CAUSE Kids in February 2009 to ensure the smooth operation of the sponsorship program. She monitors school, health and nutrition activities in the CAUSE Kids schools, maintains and updates sponsorship data and other administrative tasks such as updating school statistics, compiling monthly reports and filing memos.   

To relax, Mariama chooses to read, listen to the radio and enjoys cooking. Her passion for the future is to pursue higher education and to help raise the standard of living for the children of Sierra Leone.

Oumar A. M. Kamara | HIV/AIDS Focal Person
A teacher by trade, Oumar chose to focus on Physical Health: Community Development Studies when he worked towards his three year certificate from Freetown Teacher's College. He began working with CAUSE in 2005 as a Community Schools Supervisor, and currently, Oumar's work in HIV/AIDS sees him extending awareness and training to communities. Oumar is proudest of CAUSE's mandate to serve people who are hardest to reach: because of this, he often travels distances of up to 120 miles.