By Saio Marrah
The South Korean Red Cross Society has donated five vehicles to the Maada and Fatima Bio Foundation to facilitate the work of the hands-off our girls’ campaign – a campaign coordinated by the First Lady with a focus on the growth and development girls.
The Hyundai Santa Cruz Vehicles were handed over by the South Korea’s newly appointed Honorary Consul in Sierra Leone, Mahesh C. Nandwani to First Lady, Fatima Bio, at her office in Freetown on Thursday 8th December, 2022.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
Rainbo Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organization in Sierra Leone recently organized sixteen days of activism to educate people on the ills of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country.
“What were you wearing exhibition” climaxed the series of events, depicting the clothes women and girls were wearing at the time they were sexually assaulted, to indicate that provocative attire was not a factor.
By Politico Staff Writer
Students representing different universities in Sierra Leone have earned international awards for developing innovative technology application in healthcare and agricultural solution at the 2022 UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon.
The students got their prizes after participating in the 36-hour non-stop Hackathon in Delhi, India held from 22nd -25th November, this year.
By Saio Marrah
The United States Ambassador, David Reimer has awarded eight communities lead project organisations with the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) grant totalling $ 40,000 (forty-thousand) to support economic development in the country.
Formal presentation of the grant took place at the United States Embassy in Freetown last Wednesday..
The communities were selected from over 100 (one hundred) applications and had already commenced work as the first phase of the funds had been disbursed.
By Politico staff writer
President Julius Maada Bio, as Co-chair of the global Transform Education Committee, has participated in a virtual High-Level Steering Committee, HLSC, meeting by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation during which he asserted his commitment as a global champion in education transformation.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, the president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has said in Freetown that a draft gender policy which has been developed by his organizations Gender Advisory Panel will be presented in January 2023.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Director of Research and Policy at Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) Dr. Fredline M’Cormack-Hale says that the majority of Sierra Leoneans believe that domestic violence should be a private matter.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
