Spence Diamonds Helps Rebuild a Sierra Leone High School
Jul 23, 2007
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Spence Diamonds is a popular diamond retailer and manufacturer here in Canada, and is showing corporate social responsibility by giving back to the innocent victims of civil war in Bumpe, Sierra Leone. Spence Diamonds recently donated funds to the Kposowa Foundation, an organization which is helping rebuild a devastated high school in Bumpe.
Bumpe High School was raided and burned during the ten year long rebel war. The school was home to over 600 students boarding from areas as far away as Nigeria.
The Kposowa Foundation was born when Sarah Culberson was adopted in West Virginia. The biracial woman sought her birthparents at age 18, which led her to Bumpe – and the discovery that she was an African princess – her father being the heir to the Paramount Chief title in the village. At that time, Sarah’s father was Headmaster of Bumpe High School which was in ruins.
Sarah’s Sierra Leone trip was captured in a documentary, and she is nicknamed “Bumpenya” or “Lady of Bumpe” by the grateful villagers.
Spence Diamonds president Sean Jones is excited about helping rebuild the high school. Spence Diamonds is committed to helping children as well as educating Canadians about issues around the world, not withstanding the issue of conflict diamonds, which Spence assures are not a concern to the Spence customer, as the Kimberly Process has succeeded at bringing conflict diamonds below 1% of the world’s supply.
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