Kissy, Sierra Leone

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Kissy (formerly Waterloo refugee camp) is a poor neighborhood on the eastern end of the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown. It is also home to numerous health services, including a United Methodist Church Health and Maternity ward as well as a mental hospital. It is also home to over 500 Liberian refugees. The Kissy Road Church of the Holy Trinity is located in Kissy Village and it should not be confused with the Church of the Holy Trinity on "Kissy Road" which in 1999 was completely burned down by RUF rebel forces. A restoration plan was put in place to restore that church and the building has been restored. The church on Kissy Road also ran a school.

External links

* [http://gbgm-umc.org/health/kissy/index.cfm "Welcome to UMC Health and Maternity Center, Kissy, Sierra Leone"]
* [http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/browse/countries/sierra-leone/doc/sierra-leone-ivd-celebration.html "Sierra Leone IVD celebration highlights refugees' voluntary contribution"]
* [http://www.sierraleonemissio.org Official site of the italian "Giuseppini del Murialdo"'s mission in Kissy]