Bonthe
Southern Province, Sierra Leone · Population 12,376
Tools
Boat-only island in the wet season: is a boat crossing right now, the wind and waves, the moon and spring/neap tides, what the market charged last survey, and where the rains stand.
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Is the boat crossing?
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Crossing Conditions
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The moon and the tides
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Market prices
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Rain Outlook
Catching the Rain
Type your roof size and household: how much water that roof could catch in a typical year, which months fill the tank, how many days of water that is, and how much rain has actually fallen in the last 30 days.
Getting to Bonthe
The crossing explained: both boat routes, the daily pattern, fares with honest dates, the jetty, the wet season, and how to cross as safely as possible.
Where to Get Treated
Care on Sherbro Island: what the island's hospital can do, what has to go to the mainland by boat, and how Sierra Leone's health system works level by level — with the free emergency line.
Who to Call
Emergency lines and the island's key offices — with verified numbers only, and honest directions where no number could be verified.
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Changelog
- UpdatedThe page now says when the rains come here
- UpdatedCorrected the market prices — they were a thousand times too high
- New toolAdded a guide to where to get treated on the island
- Town updateAdded a sketch of a boat waiting at the wharf
- UpdatedFixed the “Is the boat crossing?” board
- New toolAdded a board for whether a boat is crossing
- UpdatedRadio Bontico's frequency corrected to 96.9 FM
- New toolThe moon and the tides
- UpdatedAdded an at-a-glance crossing read to the Bonthe page
- New toolShipped a who-to-call page
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