{"id":2418,"date":"2020-08-31T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alison.com\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T12:28:31","slug":"alieb-badara-sesay-education-power-change-lives-can-ripple-far-beyond-individual-learner-family-coworkers-even-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alison.com\/blog\/alieb-badara-sesay-education-power-change-lives-can-ripple-far-beyond-individual-learner-family-coworkers-even-nations","title":{"rendered":"Alieb Badara Sesay: &#8220;Education has the power to change lives and can ripple far beyond the individual learner to family and coworkers, even to nations.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Alieb Badara Sesay, born and raised in Sierra Leone. I&#8217;m 37 years old. My education is in Accounting. I have a BSc in Accounting and Finance, a Diploma in Financial Management and an MBA in Finance. I also have achieved 5 Diplomas and 7 Certificates with Alison.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How did you learn about Alison?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I came to know about Alison through a friend who was already pursuing an Alison course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What was your first course on Alison, and why did you choose it?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first course with Alison was a Certificate in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/tag\/health-and-safety\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health and Safety Management<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I decided to start with this course as a result of my job at the time as a General Manager with Safeway Mining and Oil Investment Co.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How have Alison courses affected your career?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alison courses have helped me greatly by improving my knowledge in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/course\/diploma-in-business-management-and-entrepreneurship-revised-2017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Management<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/course\/introduction-to-financial-management-for-managers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial Management <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and even increased my skills in undertaking audit proceedings and in working with the latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/course\/iso-9001-2015-quality-management-system-qms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISO 9001:2015 standards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel relaxed with the self-pacing and distance-learning of the Alison platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Where are you working now?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m currently self-employed with my private businesses. I&#8217;m also the Chairman of a community based organisation called TYNFD-SL.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazy-load-ad\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4877892089121284\" data-ad-slot=\"4736694275\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What\u2019s next for you, in terms of education or work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m looking out for any opportunity that I can make use of in order to continue improving the abilities, skills and techniques that I have acquired already on my educational path. I&#8217;m going to continue my education with Alison courses at my own convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you could learn absolutely anything in the world from an Alison course, what would it be?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/tag\/accounting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting and Finance courses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What would you say to someone if they asked you about Alison? Would you recommend it and why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will start by saying that Alison believes in raising awareness of social change and creating opportunity and prosperity for all their learners. They believe that education, more than anything else, has the power to change lives and can ripple far beyond the individual learner to family and coworkers, even to nations. I am proud to recommend Alison to any individual that has the ambition to learn and educate him or her self for free, without any preconditions in terms of payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><em><strong>Start learning with Alison <a href=\"https:\/\/alison.com\/\">now<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My name is Alieb Badara Sesay, born and raised in Sierra Leone. I&#8217;m 37 years old. My education is in Accounting. I have a BSc in Accounting and Finance, a Diploma in Financial Management and an MBA in Finance. 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