Hull works with charities to help widows and orphans in Sierra Leone.

An enterprise headquartered in Hull worked with a charity in Sierra Leone to support widows and orphans through education and economic development projects.

Jamil and Nyanga Jaward consortia supported all Sierra Leonean citizens, and 86% of the rural population lived in extreme poverty.

Hull has close relations with West African countries. Freetown, the capital of the country, is twin cities with the city.

Jamil and Nyanga Jaward consortium have implemented a community-based project to help women engage in agricultural development and empower women to achieve economic stability through entrepreneurship.

The consortium also operates projects to ensure much-needed educational resources for children attending various local schools in Freetown.

The consortium will work with Hull based marketing agency Asured Marketing to raise awareness and support various projects of the consortium.

Assured Marketing Director Connor Hewson said: “Our goal is to use our organization’s experience and resources to raise awareness of the outstanding efforts of Jamil&Nyanga Jaward consortium, and welcome more donations to support the cause.”

Hull’s links with West African countries can be traced back to the early days of the abolition of the slave trade. The movement was led by Congressman William Wilberforce of Hull and friends known as “Klafenpa”.

At the beginning of the abolition, the British navy would patrol the West African waters and try to intercept slave ships. Later, they returned to the African continent. Freetown was one of the earliest settlements. It was named like this because people gained freedom there.