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Caritas Freetown Official Calls for Renewed Fight against FGM in Sierra Leone
The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone has called for renewed awareness of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a rampant practice in the West African country that he says is denying young girls opportunities in life.
Catholic Priest Decries Rampant Use of Illicit “kush” ahead of Elections in Sierra Leone
The use of a cheap and dangerous drug known as kush has become widespread among the youth in Sierra Leone, a situation that a Catholic Priest in the West African country finds alarming.
Priest in Sierra Leone Advocates for Freedom of Expression in Fighting Hate Speech
The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone has called on authorities in the West African country to respect the people’s right to express themselves freely, even as the country continues to fight hate speech.
Catholic Project Volunteer for Sierra Loene’s Ebola Survivors Recounts Ordeal with Scourge
Sometime in 2014, as Sierra Leone was healing from the devastation of the civil war that had ravished the entire country, another disaster struck, Ebola.
Secret FGM Society Victim Beats Trauma, Joins Catholic Fight for Girls’ Rights in S. Leone
Wuyatta Musu Genda had just completed her secondary education at the age of sixteen when she gave in to pressure and went for “the cut”.
Caritas Freetown Partners with Relief Agency in New Health Program in Sierra Leone
The development arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has been selected as the implementing partner of a project by the Healey International Relief Foundation (HealeyIRF), a development agency that seeks to improve health access in the West African country.
Catholic Priest in Sierra Leone Dedicates National Awards to Hardworking Caritas Team
Fr. Peter Konteh, the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown, is this year’s winner of the Sierra Leone Leadership Award.
Caritas Freetown Empowering Women to Tame Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone
Two years ago, Mary Brima decided to leave her husband who had abused her for seven years. It was her second marriage after her husband and her only son were killed in the 11-year Sierra Leonean civil war that ended in 2002.
Caritas Freetown’s Toilets Initiative Restoring Dignity of Sierra Leone’s Slum Residents
Culvert slum’s version of hanging toilets are little wooden, plastic and stone structures fitted with pipes that pour into the sewage that runs below them.
Sierra Leonean Priest Finds Solace in Writing after Stroke, Becomes Celebrated Author
One glance at Fr. Gabriel Luseni’s room and you can tell that he loves books. With an extension of a tiny washroom and a corridor leading away from it, the room on the ground floor of the residence of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) in Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Bo is decorated with pictures of Africa’s top authors hanging on the walls.
How Sierra Leonean Priest Birthed Home for Vulnerable Children amid War Devastation
Five-year-old Alusine wants to be a soldier when he grows up “to arrest all bad men.” Asked to name his village, Alulu, as he is fondly referred to at St. Mary’s Fatima Interim Care Centre in River Number Two estate outside Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, says he comes from “Emergency!”
Caritas Freetown Counting Losses after School Damaged in Sierra Leone’s Tragic Floods
The management of Kiera Chaplin Desert Flower School, a charitable organization that is run by Caritas Freetown to support girls from vulnerable families, is counting losses after the September 10 disastrous downpour that left one dead, several injured and a lot of property destroyed in River Number 2 village in Sierra Leone’s Western region.
Caritas Freetown’s Insight into Slum Community Susceptible to Disasters in Sierra Leone
Every time that flooding, mudslides, fires and other disasters hit the Western communities of Sierra Leone, Culvert, a low land informal settlement in the East of Freetown is one of the places that are left battered the most, with victims mostly having to start life afresh.
Caritas Freetown Rallying for Funds to Support Victims of Sierra Leone’s Deadly Floods
Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone is rallying for support to help tens of thousands of victims of deadly floods that hit communities in the country’s Western region, leaving scores dead in their wake.
Sierra Leone’s Protracted Unrest May Trigger Past Civil Strife Memories: Catholic Priest
The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone has condemned the ongoing protests in the West African country, and expressed concern that the situation of unrest in the West African country may trigger memories of a civil war that everyone wishes to forget.
Caritas Sierra Leone Providing Girls with Life Skills to Address Early Marriages
Caritas Sierra Leone’s School Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SR-SGBV) and Life Skills Program, which started to address the high number of teenage pregnancies and school dropout rates among girls, is keeping more girls in school, a Catholic Priest in the country has said.
Caritas Sierra Leone Calls for Transparent Tax System to Block Foreign Evaders
The Catholic Church in Sierra Leone, through her charity arm, is demanding accountability in the way the West African country collects and spends taxes on its vast minerals.
Caritas Freetown Leads 21-Day Feeding Program for Thousands of Sierra Leone’s Fire Victims
Volunteers at Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone are leading teams of other charity organizations in reaching out to thousands of people who were left homeless when fire razed down a huge chunk of a slum outside the country’s capital in the Archdiocese of Freetown.
Caritas Freetown Restoring Dignity in Sierra Leone’s Ebola Survivors
To the rest of the world, the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa evokes vivid memories of one of the worst viral infections ever recorded in history that left thousands in several west African countries dead. But for people living in these countries, it is the aftermath of the epidemic that has been the worst to deal with.
Caritas Freetown Begging on Sierra Leone Streets to Facilitate Children’s Surgery Abroad
For nearly three years, members of Caritas Freetown have been begging for funds on the streets of Sierra Leone to support sick children in the west African country who need specialized treatment in India.
