In August 2025, Dominique, Sarah’s godfather, took on an extraordinary sporting challenge: running 700 km of trail through the Swiss mountains as part of the Swiss Peaks 700! Wishing to link his adventure to a meaningful cause, he chose to support UMPIWE by organizing a sale of silicone bracelets featuring the race logo. Thanks to […]
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On August 1st, 2025, we celebrated the first anniversary of our non-profit organization UMPIWE — our official statutes were published in the Belgian Official Gazette on August 1st, 2024. A lot has happened in just one year: 🔹 the purchase of our land 🔹 the design of the health center plans and request for quotes
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In June 2025, Osman, our Health Promotion and Community Engagement Officer, and Sarah, physician and founder of UMPIWE, visited the heads of various health posts located in two chiefdoms in the Magburaka region. Their goal: to assess their needs on the ground and identify potential locations for future mobile clinics. Some villages are located a
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In January 2025, we submitted an application as part of the “Project Accounts” call for proposals launched by the King Baudouin Foundation. In April, the jury in charge of evaluating the applications selected our project “Construction of a health center primarily for women and children in Magburaka, Sierra Leone.” Thanks to this agreement, donations of
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On March 8, 2025, to mark International Women’s Day, Ladies Circle 5 Luxembourg — a group of dynamic, committed young women determined to make a difference both locally and globally — organized a special “Creators Circle” event at Machera in Grevenmacher (Luxembourg). On this occasion, Isabelle showcased her unique creations made from wax fabrics brought
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🎄 From December 1st to 24th, we had the pleasure of launching the very first edition of our Advent Raffle, with 72 prizes up for grabs! All the prizes came from local businesses in Bastogne: gift vouchers, meals, products, surprise baskets… A wonderful way to shine a light on the local shops that are the
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In December 2024, a major milestone was reached for UMPIWE: we became the proud owners of a 10,000 m² plot of land in Magburaka, the future site of our health center. This acquisition would not have been possible without the invaluable support of Claudius, Kerrah, and Osman, who invested their time, energy, and determination to
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In November 2024, Isabelle (Sarah’s mother) and Marga (the mother of Sarah’s Spanish brother-in-law) generously offered their time and talent to support UMPIWE. Through the sale of their handmade creations, they contributed to a wonderful fundraising effort, with 100% of the proceeds donated to our non-profit organization. Isabelle showcased her beautiful wax creations, made from
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This August 1, 2024, marks the birth of the NGO UMPIWE (Uman n Pikin Welbodi), aimed at improving access to quality healthcare for women and children in Sierra Leone. We will do everything possible to open a health center offering various quality services to the population (child monitoring and vaccination, pregnancy and postpartum care, family
