Our Stories

Thousands of students graduate from Freedom Tree's schools in Sierra Leone every year — young people who started with nothing and left with skills and a future. Education in Sierra Leone is not just personal achievement. It is community transformation. 

Give to the Freedom Tree Birth Fund and help mothers in Sierra Leone give birth safely. Birth should be a beginning, not an ending.

Charitable donation impact in Sierra Leone goes further than most Canadians realize. Freedom Tree has shown that strategic humanitarian investment in West Africa builds clinics, saves mothers, and changes communities. Your donation — whatever size — lands somewhere it truly matters. 

Culturally safe maternal care in Canada means more than a hospital bed — it means care designed with Indigenous and BIPOC women in mind. Freedom Tree's Bridging the Gap program provides culturally informed midwifery, doula access, and advocacy for racialized mothers in Alberta.

A Wealth Genius charity event in Canada turned a room of real estate investors into humanitarian changemakers. Through silent auctions and corporate giving, Freedom Tree channeled real resources into Sierra Leone's maternal health clinics. 

Real estate philanthropy meets humanitarian impact in the powerful partnership between Wealth Genius and Freedom Tree. When Alfonso heard Tara's story of maternal health in Sierra Leone, he said — I want to make a difference too. 

Fatimah came to Freedom Tree as an orphan in Sierra Leone with nothing. Through child sponsorship and vocational training she is now independent and thriving. Freedom Tree's education program in Sierra Leone proves that when girls are given a chance, they change everything.

Alegra raised $700 for children in need by selling her artwork — proving that youth philanthropy in Canada does not require a big budget, just a big heart. Freedom Tree's youth programs inspire young people to use their unique talents for good. 

Freedom Tree is building schools in Sierra Leone giving hundreds of children access to quality education in Africa. Through charitable giving in Canada, classrooms are rising in communities that never had them. Children's education in Sierra Leone is changing lives — and you can be part of it.

Freedom Tree's schools in Sierra Leone educate 300 children every single month and graduate thousands every year. Children's education in Africa is the longest investment with the highest return. When a child learns, their whole community benefits for generations. 

Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. These 10 facts about maternal health in Africa will change how you see the crisis and what you can do about it.

Calgary youth enrolled in Freedom Tree's Global Initiatives Program are engaging with real civic issues — from senior loneliness in Canada to global warming — and choosing to act.