Global Activism: Rebuilding a village torn apart by civil war

Global Activism:  Rebuilding a village torn apart by civil war
The Pan African Rural Health and Social Services helps the war-torn people of Sierra Leone. Courtesy of Sam Kormoi
Global Activism:  Rebuilding a village torn apart by civil war
The Pan African Rural Health and Social Services helps the war-torn people of Sierra Leone. Courtesy of Sam Kormoi

Global Activism: Rebuilding a village torn apart by civil war

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Sam Kormoi is the founder of Pan African Rural Health and Social Services (PRHeSS). Sam left Sierra Leone to study medicine here in Chicago. Civil war broke out and his village was destroyed, physically and emotionally. He tells us about the organization he started to help rebuild his hometown and the rest of the country.