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"I have never read anything good about his reputation."

Frank must be wondering what he has to do to improve his reputation.
Then again he may be comfortable with doing more for the disadvantaged than any of us ever will.
He made a mistake when he was young , he paid the price now give the man a break.


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African Minerals has supported the following local community initiatives:
The construction of a primary school in the Kono District, the construction of a school and church in the Bombali District, the construction of a large market facility in Nimiyama Chiefdom, opened in 2006 by the country’s Vice President, the construction of a youth centre at Tefeya and the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges servicing local communities. In addition the company supports the Kono District scholarship programme, has invested in local sports facilities and advises on sanitation and health programmes.
The district scholarship programme is an annual programme which is geared towards helping the underprivileged pupils in schools located in the Kono District. The company distributes educational materials at two schools in the Sandor chiefdom of the Kono District and contributes towards the scholarship programme fund from which 150 pupils benefited in receiving one year of tuition fees, educational literature and other school materials.
African Minerals has donated IT equipment to schools in Tonkolili District and is carrying out a substantial programme of improvements to roads and bridges in the area.
Last year Frank gave $100,000 to the Sierra Leone national football team to help meet its aspirations to compete with the best.
Whether one likes the man/his methods or not he has the capability of doing more for Sierra Leone than the ordinary man or woman can imagine. Hopefully the “pull him down syndrome” will shake up and wake up when they realize that they have someone in the midst of their country and corrupt government that is not just out for himself.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Timiş
Timiș and his wife Carmen Timiș are major contributors to numerous causes, particularly those focused on children. The organisations they support include Street Child of Sierra Leone, the Carmen Timiș Centre for Children,[29] F.R.O.D.O. (Foundation for the Relief of Disabled Orphans), and UK charity Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC).[30]
Frank also funded the restoration of a celebrated icon kept at Romania's Namaiesti Monastery, and provides financial support to a number monasteries, convents and a hermitage in Romania.[31] On the occasion of the Heroes Double Dip swim across the English Channel by two British soldiers, Frank donated £100,000 of his personal funds to Help for Heroes, a UK charity providing practical support for service personnel wounded in recent armed conflicts.[32]
Timiș' various companies are engaged in a variety of corporate social responsibility projects. The Timiș Corporation has formed a partnership with ProtoPharma dedicated to advancing research into treatments for both malaria[33] and substance abuse.[34] The corporation is also a major sponsor of Sparks (a UK charity funding research into childhood diseases); has funded construction of a well on school grounds in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone; and donated €100,000 to the catholic charity Don Bosco Fambul to launch the Basics Mobil project (a bus that delivers health and community services to street children in Freetown).[35]
Timiș' company African Petroleum has partnered with Sightsavers to fund training for 18 cataract surgeons, ophthalmic nurses and ophthalmologists to work throughout West Africa.[36] Sister company African Minerals funds Sierra Leone's national football team, the Leone Stars.[37] Also, Timiș' International Petroleum is a significant sponsor of the Kazakh National Ballet.[38]

http://www.franktimis.com/social-responsibility/

‘I feel far and away more satisfied and proud of the work I have done to help change the lives of a thousand African children for the better, than any of my business successes.’