AFRICA

Andrew Greene, Jr.

Teacher Helps Young People Connect with Others
Taking Action for Peace

“We are proud of our accomplishments so far, but we remain in dire need of financial support to strengthen our programmatic activities, train our youth, and give them a voice through the power of the Internet.”

Andrew Greene, Jr. was born in Sierra Leone. As a student in an all-boys boarding school, Greene experienced the results of vicious bullying and began his life long quest to end violence. Civil war in Sierra Leone resulted in the separation of 12,000 children from their families. Boys and girls as young as seven were kidnapped and forced to become soldiers. Greene fled to neighboring Guinea where he taught English to displaced children and refugees.

In 1999, Greene joined with iEARN, a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects. He decided to dedicate his life to serving and teaching children who were brutalized by the violence all around them. He is a volunteer educator and national coordinator for the iEARN Sierra Leone Project, where he works tirelessly to locate resources so that children can communicate with others throughout the world.