Freetown – January 16, 2021 (KMN) Helen Keller International (HKI) has trained members of the Kombra Network (KN) as part of the preparation for an upcoming campaign against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The campaign which entails mass drug distribution is scheduled for February and targeting people in four districts. NTDs are viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases that affect poor countries. They include Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) or Elephantiasis, which is also...Read More
Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone in collaboration with Speak Up Africa will hold its first Malaria and Health awards on January 22, 2021 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. The award ceremony is part of effort to recognize journalists who have done so much in educating communities about Malaria and to also recognize people who have done so well within the health sector. The award is also for...Read More
The Centre for Memory and Reparation has on Monday, January 18, 2021, observed a day of national reconciliation by showing a movie depicting the true-life experience of the horrors of the civil war in Sierra Leone. The Centre for Memory is a Think Tank established to facilitate remembrance and generating a common narrative for victims of the civil war. It also serves as a platform for justice by providing an...Read More
Sources close to the Ross Road Police Station have revealed that a 22-year-old woman, Adamsay Fofanah, formerly of no 27 Effort Lane, Cline Town, Freetown, was found dead in her room in the early hours of Friday, December 18th, 2020. She herself is reasonably suspected to have ended her life. According to Issa Conteh, husband to the deceased, he left the deceased at home in the early hours of the...Read More
Late December 2020, a five man delegation departed Sierra Leone to attend a seminar in Guinea on how to empower girls and women through sports. Amongt the delegation were Joseph Nyande, NOC Secretary General who led the delegation; Pamela Williams, president of Women and Sports Commission in Sierra Leone; Elizabeth French Secretary, General of the Commission; and two other members from the Commission. The seminar started on the 27th and...Read More
