What Makes Sarah Tesla More Than a Photographer
Sarah Tesla is a documentary photographer who’s work mainly centers on reportage, with a mission to explore misrepresented issues, places and people.
Sarah’s work has brought her to over 63 countries, working with non-profit’s, NGO’s, media, and brands. Sarah has produced photo and written content with Indigenous communities, mental health and post-conflict Middle East.
Sarah Tesla for We Yone Child Foundation
In 2017, Sarah went on assignment with PWB to Sierra Leone, to work with We Yone Child Foundation (WYCF), an organization that helps to empower children and their families living in marginalized areas, to provide financial means to ensure access to education. The phrase “We Yone” means ‘Our Own Children” in the Creole-based language of Sierra Leone.
Sarah Tesla for We Yone Child Foundation
WYCF focuses their work in the communities of George Brook and Kroo Bay. Both of which are located in Freetown and experience high rates of poverty. In George Brook, WYCF has two primary schools with more than 700 students combined. In Kroo Bay, nearly 300 pupils attend the organization's primary school. The lessons offered to the children are not limited to the national curriculum. WYCF also provides extra-curricular activities, and support programs for the kids and their families. Family business grants, group therapy sessions, football games and talent shows are some examples of these extra programs.
"This is a country with such a tumultuous history that includes an 11-year civil war that ended in 2002, a devastating Ebola outbreak which ended in 2015, and countless other political and developmental challenges.”
—Sarah Tesla
Sarah Tesla’s project from WYCF was featured in our PWB Print Magazine: Issue #10 Spring 2018.
Sarah Tesla for We Yone Child Foundation
Thank you Sarah for continuing to tell important stories that actively work against stereotypes and amplify voices of grassroots communities.
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