Vouching for Humanity | The Good Never Die

Hannah Iyatunde Abigail Deen (of blessed memory) was a native from Sierra Leone, born in January 1938. As a young woman growing up, she was always determined to work in a hospital as a caregiver and when all the applications she made to acquire a scholarship failed, Hannah could still not bring herself to stop believing in her dreams.

Years later,  she got married and started a beautiful family. She later joined an organisation in Freetown to help the aged, after her children were all grown up. She worked there for many years until she passed away in August 2019.

However, her dedication to serving humanity did not die along with her. Lango Deen Sankoh, her eldest daughter founded an organization called Hannah Deen for Social Care or Hannah for Social Care in her memory.

Today, Friday the 31st of January 2020, Lango made a donation of Le4,000,000 to Kadijatu Bah, a Social Work Student at Fourah Bay College in Freetown, as a way to help foster her education, so that she can graduate as a trained and qualified social worker, and start caring for people in the same way Hannah did.


The beneficiary, Kadijatu was so excited to receive the scholarship. “I was so confused about how I could get money to pay my fees until I saw this application online asking for a student, who is reading social work. I applied and luckily, I got accepted. I can’t thank the organization enough,” she said.

Lango, on the other hand, said that she plans to extend this good work to as many vulnerable people as she can reach, and all in the goodwill of her mother. “Like the many causes my mother first introduced to me, the mission of the organisation embodies Hannah’s passion to serve and promote assistance for children, young people and adults who need extra support”. She stated.

For Young life in Freetown, I’m Inyilla Borteh Conteh reporting.

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