The first Freetown Day will be held on October 25 to celebrate the link between Hull and Freetown – the capital of Sierra Leone.
Over the past 27 years Hull and Freetown have shared ties between churches, schools and community groups.
And now those links will be celebrated through Freetown Day which will see its first celebration on October 25 and will continue as an annual event.
Activities have stepped up even further during the Wilberforce 2007 commemorations with several projects linking the two cities including visits, education and arts projects including a visit and performances by the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
On Freetown Day the Mayor of Freetown will attend a breakfast meeting followed by a tour of the Walking with Wilberforce Trail. This will be followed by a CD launch at Streetlife Museum
Later in the day will be the beginning of the Freedom Trail where five 4×4 vehicles will be driven from Hull to Sierra Leone to focus world-wide attention on the issue of Slavery and donate the vehicles to NGO charities.
Business support has come from firms and organisations including BP, Hull Rotary, Warners Sport Health and Fitness, Hull City Council, Reckitt Benckiser, William Jackson and Son, Snap-On Tools, Kingston Facilities Management, Interserve Industrial Services, Oceaneering and Classic Hospitals.
There will also be the World premiere of Sold at Hull Truck Theatre, which tells the harrowing and often dehumanising story of some of the 15 million women and children who are sold into the sex trade each year.
Following Freetown Day there will continue to be events linked with Sierra Leone and the Wilberforce year including Greetings! Wilberforce Women 2007 Exhibition which is the culmination of photographic training and workshops by women in Hull and Sierra Leone. Their photographs were turned in to greetings cards which were sent with messages on the four themes – pride, belief change and Freedom. The exhibition will launch on October 6 and continue until October 28.
Meanwhile, Cllr Winstanley Bankole Johnson Mayor of Freetown, will visit Hull to speak at the United Kingdom One World Linking Association Conference at the Guildhall in Hull on October 26 and 27.
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