The Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers and others both local and diaspora joined the government in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic in Sierra Leone. This is the second phase in a 3-phase process.
Phase 2
The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces opened a 120-bed Community Care/Treatment Centre facility for COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday 13th May 2020 at the Peace Mission Training Centre, Hastings. The SLIE received an urgent request from the Ophthalmologist/ Public Health SpecialistOperations Officer, Case Management Pillar, Emergency Operations Centre to assist with painting of the blocks to give the centre a face lift and make it homely for admitted patients. Engineers in and out of Sierra Leone (SLIE and non-SLIE) took up the challenge since it falls within its Phase 2 targets with the following characteristics:
- Low Cost and requires little planning
- Location within reach
- Meets Phase 2 requirements (The COVID Patients)
- Meets SLIE and Salone Engineers targets (rehab/construction)
When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath of that universal love which bears and sustains us, as it floats around us in an eternity of bliss; and then, my friend, when darkness overspreads my eyes, and heaven and earth seem to dwell in my soul and absorb its power, like the form of a beloved mistress, then I often think with longing, Oh, would I could describe these conceptions, could impress upon paper all that is living so full and warm within me, that it might be the mirror of my soul, as my soul is the mirror of the infinite God!
