This week, we visited Daniel Fornah Memorial Secondary School and the village of Massessebeh to continue our distribution of reusable sanitary pads. Menstruation is still a highly taboo subject in Sierra Leone, and many myths and misconceptions remain widespread (for example, some people believe that if a woman plants seeds while she is menstruating, the […]

Another fruitful day alongside Girl Child Network Sierra Leone! Today, it was the turn of the people of Mabai village and the village secondary school to welcome us. After a very enriching discussion with the community leaders, the students were delighted to receive their reusable sanitary pad kits! They told us how much this would

On this May 28th, the world celebrates menstrual hygiene and menstrual health. For this occasion, Uman n Pikin Welbodi and Girl Child Network Sierra Leone joined forces to support adolescent girls from three schools in Kholifa Rowalla chiefdom, in Tonkolili District. The day began with a meeting involving the leaders of Maikonko village, as well

Last week, we continued training healthcare professionals in Kholifa Rowalla chiefdom. Around thirty clinicians from Masanga Hospital attended our session and asked us many questions. Training healthcare workers is one of the three pillars of our project on rhesus incompatibility, alongside community health promotion and the conduct of a research study.

This is Hawanatu, 23 months old. She has been suffering from severe malnutrition for more than a year. She can neither walk nor speak. She has already been hospitalized many times (for malaria, pneumonia, etc.), but most of the time the hospital runs out of Plumpy’Nut (a high-energy, nutrient-rich therapeutic paste used to help malnourished

Last week, we resumed our maternal and child health promotion sessions in 4 villages. After discussing childhood pneumonia and Rh incompatibility, we tested 72 women for their blood group and asked them to complete our questionnaire. In Sierra Leone, blood grouping is not part of the routine tests carried out during antenatal care, and very

This week, we are launching the second phase of our project on Rhesus incompatibility by training healthcare staff at the public hospital in Magburaka and in health centers across the Kholifa Rowalla chiefdom. Many of them had heard very little about the topic and showed great interest in learning more. We hope that these professionals

Yesterday, 3 inspiring female Sierra Leonean authors graciously donated 9 copies of their book for UMPIWE Women’s Book Club If you also want to contribute to this initiative, check our crowdfunding : https://gofund.me/ff85d622e Let’s achieve amazing things together

Happy International Women’s Day Today, let’s celebrate together all the women who strive day after day to make this world a better place. Let’s celebrate all the women who still have to fight for their fundamental rights. Let’s celebrate all the women who show strength, courage, determination, and resilience in order to achieve their goals.

This year, for the World Cancer Day, UMPIWE is partnering with Thinking PINK Breast Cancer Foundation to support Cillahmah Cancer Foundation in Kamakwie, Karene District. After a meeting on the 3rd February with stakeholders, cancer survivors, secondary school students and healthcare workers, we continued the next day with a training of healthcare workers about breast