Baimba O. Sheriff

Director - @CAPSL3 ( alumnus|@AU_CIEFFA advocate|@The_ACU fellow|#SDGs @UNGEI

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

Thank you, @VickieRemoe for always giving back. You are a real gem 💎.

[Vickie Remoe @VickieRemoe]

🏆The 5 Core Skills They Will Leave With?

1. Jargon-Free "Champion" Framing

✅The Skill: The ability to translate cold, uninspired compliance metrics into simple, emotionally resonant, and clear human language. They will know how to stop writing like an "NGO brochure" and start writing like a local champion, making their work instantly accessible to everyday readers and donors.

2. The "Tour Guide" Lens for Balanced Storytelling

✅The Skill: The ability to actively spot and balance the multi-layered beauty of a village (customs, environment, facial expressions) against its real infrastructural challenges. They will know how to present problems to raise money without falling into the trap of one-dimensional "poverty porn," effectively defeating donor compassion fatigue.

3. Multi-Lingual Narrative Bridging

✅The Skill: The practical ability to conduct authentic interviews in local languages (Krio, Mende, Temne, etc.) to capture the true passion and dignity of the beneficiaries, while smoothly acting as a live on-camera or written translation bridge for a global audience.

4. Technical Command of Mobile Media (Sound, Sun, and Framing)

✅The Skill: Simple, non-technical mastery over the phone in their pocket. They will walk away with a checklist of three operational rules:

Identifying and securing clear sound spaces so the community's voice is protected.

Managing the harsh African sun by keeping it at their back to perfectly illuminate subjects.

Framing with purpose—using Landscape mode to establish structural scene context and Portrait mode for close-up, dignified human portraits.

5. Multi-Platform Audience Awareness (Rotating the POV)

✅The Skill: The strategic understanding of how to take a single field visit and package it dynamically across different networks by rotating their Point of View (POV):

On Facebook: Publishing a curated 4-photo non-repetitive grid that centers the community's names, ages, and chiefdoms.

On LinkedIn: Stepping into the frame as the practitioner to share professional, operational lessons learned on the road.

On Video Platforms (YouTube/TikTok): Instantly cutting through editing anxiety by launching raw, unedited "Video Diaries" hooked by a simple piece-to-camera intro.

[African Union CIEFFA @AU_CIEFFA]

In #Africa, girls make up less than one‑third of #ICT & #STEAM pathways. #AI can deepen divides, but with the right skills, it can empower #girls to shape inclusive #digital futures.

Today, #GirlsInICT 2026, we commit to closing the gap.

#AfricaEducatesHer #AIforDevelopment

[Vickie Remoe @VickieRemoe]

Would $5000 make a difference?

SL Diaspora Investment Conference is Introducing the King Jimmy Landing (Pitch Competition)

💡Where Diaspora Capital Meets Sierra Leonean Grit

🥇About the Room
For centuries, King Jimmy has been the historic heartbeat of Freetown, a place where the bounty of the provinces meets the commerce of the coast. The King Jimmy Landing honors this tradition by serving as the primary marketplace for the Diaspora to discover Sierra Leone’s most promising brands, talents and startups.

A pitch competition showcasing the best ideas and early-stage businesses from the Sierra Leone diaspora and in-country, presented live before a panel of investor judges and a diaspora audience.

Two Purposes:
1Showcase the quality of investment opportunities
2Demonstrate the depth of Sierra Leonean talent
Who Can Enter
1Diaspora-based founders
2Sierra Leone-based founders (in person)
3Tech-enabled or tech-first businesses only

🙏🏾Please RT so that a Sierra Leonean building something great can see this.

[Vickie Remoe @VickieRemoe]

I’m looking for 10 people to take the #SierraLeone Diaspora Fund Survey.

Please RT if you see this.

You would be helping the diaspora greatly!

https://t.co/rfauql6ktl

[African Union CIEFFA @AU_CIEFFA]

March 11 | CSW70_2026
@AU_CIEFFA and @FAWEAfrica convened a high level side event on "Inclusive and Equitable Legislative Systems and Policy Reform to Accelerate the Status of Girls and Women’s Education in Africa” on the sidelines of the #CSW70 in New York.

#AfricaEducatesHer

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@VickieRemoe When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it
- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.

[UN Girls' Education Initiative @UNGEI]

Celebrating International Women’s Day and the Power of Girls’ Education!

Join us in celebrating women leaders who are protecting the rights of girls' eductation.

#8M #IWD

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@FAWEAfrica @AsegoC @FAWEUganda @FAWERwanda @FAWEZim @FaweGhana @fawe_malawi Happy IWD to all women and girls across the globe. May we all use this opportunity to advance the right and opportunities for women and girls everywhere.

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@VeeKativhu Congratulations 🎉

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@ODG_UNON United Nations is emblem of home for humanity.

[Kent Page @KentPage]

✨Educating the next generation is essential to our collective future.📚

Individuals like you 🫵 can make a difference & help make the dreams of crisis-affected children come true!

Donate today👉https://t.co/oj52AfHFvx🙏

#KeepHopeAlive @in@ineetweets @globaledcluster @eiegenevahub #222MillionDreams✨📚

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@ODG_UNON @ZainabHawa Compassionate leadership.

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@CAF_Online @Football2Gether Well deserved. Congratulations @SMane_Officiel. You have done great for Senegal, West Africa and the African continent.

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

@KentPage @CanadaDev @DutchMFA @MFA_Lu @EU_Partnerships @AFD_en Gift a child a book and that will be there forever. Gift a child the world, that will vanish quickly - my thoughts.

Happy New Year 🎆. Thank you for all you do, @KentPage.

[Kent Page @KentPage]

"Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." ~Carl Sagan

Please retweet if you agree w/this #WednesdayWisdom & that #EducationCannotWait for any child.

#KeepHopeAlive @ca@canadadev @dutchmfa @mfa_lu @eu_partnerships @afd_en #222MillionDreams✨📚

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

At some point you realize that the permission you’ve been waiting for all along was your own.

[U.S. Embassy Freetown @USEmbFreetown]

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In this FREE course, you’ll discover practical strategies for building classroom community, using assessment to boost motivation, and adding fun through games and interactive activities.
📅 Enrollment is open NOW; don’t miss out!

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#TeacherTraining #ProfessionalDevelopment

[Kent Page @KentPage]

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." ~Marie Curie

Please retweet if you agree w/this #MondayMotivation & that #EducationCannotWait for any child.

#KeepHopeAlive @fcdogec @jica_direct_en @gatesfoundation @canadadev @sida #222MillionDreams✨📚

[UN Girls' Education Initiative @UNGEI]

📢 Are you a young person passionate about education as a human right?
Join the Right to Education Youth Network (#REYN) to connect across regions, share experiences, and engage with UN processes.
🔗https://t.co/q1utGhD7v3

[Baimba O. Sheriff @OBaimba]

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