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PRINCE OF WALES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Founded 1925 21^st July 2009 His Excellency President Ernest B. Koroma President Republic of Sierra Leone State House Freetown Sierra Leone Re: Encroachment and Erosion of Land at the Prince of Wales School Your Excellency, In our capacities as Presidents of the Prince of Wales Alumni Associations in the United States and United Kingdom and on behalf of other Old Prince Waleans both locally and in the Diaspora, we feel obligated to write this letter to you to register our dismay at the current deliberate erosion of the Prince of Wales School property adjacent to the Kroo Bay waterfront by poachers as articulated in articles published in the May 14, 2009 and July 1, 2009 issues of the Premier News and Awoko newspapers respectively. This blatant “land grab” and removal of earthen material in our view presents a clear and present danger to our historic school buildings and the school field. While the poachers may be oblivious to the potential and future damage their continued removal of material poses to the school’s infrastructure, this removal will facilitate the continued erosion of the banks of the property by the tidal motion of the Kroo Bay inlet. It could also undermine the foundations of the school’s historic and ancillary buildings, which would be devastating, were any to collapse and could also potentially lead to loss of life. We recognize that your government is inundated with a myriad of problems and issues nationally. However, we humbly request the intervention of your government and appropriate ministries to give this calamitous situation the urgency we believe it deserves to avoid a bigger catastrophe. As you are well aware, alumni of most secondary schools are usually very passionate about their schools. For a great number of us alumni who live in the diaspora, we know we are indebted to the stellar education we received at the Prince of Wales School. I am sure you are aware of some of our recent accomplishments like the installation of a solar-powered computer classroom, complete with laptops to aid the pupils and providing scientific equipment for the science laboratories. We are also very proud that the Prince of Wales School is the premier government school in Sierra Leone and has produced so many luminaries for the country, both nationally and internationally. In the words of the school song, we want to ensure that The Prince of Wales School always “stands on firmer grounds.” We humbly implore you to give some consideration to our request and thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter. We are attaching a list of Old Prince Waleans who support the contents of this letter. Sincerely, Melbourne Garber President - Prince of Wales Alumni Association, New Jersey Chapter For and on behalf of: Raymond Moshe Roberts, President, Old Prince Waleans Association, Freetown Seton During, President, Old Prince Waleans Association UK and Ireland Amara Omar Kuyateh, President, Old Prince Waleans Association Washington DC Metropolitan Area Samuel Atere-Roberts, President, Prince of Wales Alumni Association, Georgia Chapter Bernard King, President, Prince of Wales Alumni Association, Southern California Chapter Cc: Hon. Dr. Minkhailu Bah – Minister of Education Hon. Dr. Dennis Sandi – Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment Hon. Mr. Dauda Kamara – Minister of the Interior Dr. Michel Sho-Sawyer – Director, Office of the Diaspora Mrs. Millicent Ogoo – Principal SSS, Prince of Wales School Mr. Aubrey Jones – Principal JSS, Prince of Wales School Mr. Moshe Roberts – President, Old Prince Waleans Association, Freetown Dr. Delwin Findlay – Chairman, Board of Governors Read 2009 response from the Presidency Supporting Prince Waleans Annis Adams Ms Ruth Agwu N. Emile Akabi-Davis Edmond Bascho-George Chris Bell Nurudeen Bello Peter Berrie M.O.L. Black Dr Alex Blanshard Titus Boye-Thompson F.G.O. Bright Edmond Browne Jenner Cole Dr Monty Cole Vidal Cole Wilfred Ebun Cole Victor Cummings Ivor Cummings-John Phillippe Davies Roland Davies Rowland Davies Patrick Dixon Ibrahim Dumbuya Jerry During Seton During Louis Ellis Melvin Finney Henry Forde Sq. Ldr. 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