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Sierra Leone Rising
Founded
2005; 19 years ago (2005)[1]
Founder
Princess Sarah Culberson
Type
Non-operating private foundation (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3)
Focus
Education, Eradicating Poverty
Location
Long Beach, California, and Sierra Leone
Area served
Bumpe, Sierra Leone
Method
Donations and Grants
Website
www.sierraleonerising.org
Formerly called
Kposowa Foundation
Sierra Leone Rising (formerly the Kposowa Foundation) is a non-profit organization that fosters quality education, supports female empowerment, and ensures public health safety in Sierra Leone. They are based out of Long Beach, California, United States. It was co-founded by Princess Sarah Culberson and John Woehrle.[2]
The Kposowa Foundation's purpose is to raise funds to rebuild a boarding school, provide clean drinking water, provide economically sustainable opportunities, and improve the general quality of life for the people of Sierra Leone, West Africa.
^The Kposowa Foundation - Rebuilding Bumpe High School
^Culberson, Sarah; Trivas, Tracy (2009). "86. Brentwood". A Princess Found: An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-312-37879-0. LCCN 2008046212. Retrieved May 4, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
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