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Sierra Leone is a small country located in West Africa bordered by Liberia and Guinea. Ranked 177th out of 177 countries on the UN Human Development Index, Sierra Leone is considered to be the poorest country in the world. It currently has the highest child mortality rate with 270 of 1000 children dying before the age of five, mainly to preventable diseases.
With our local partner, Medical Research Centre (MRC), we are improving children's health in many ways. Working together with women's community groups, we help provide vital health care, livestock and agricultural support, and increase the women's confidence and competence in keeping their children healthy for the long-term.
Kholifaga Women's Group
Kholifaga, Sambaia Bendugu Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone
Our 2009 objectives are:
- To provide small scale employment, especially to women and youth.
- To increase food security.
- To generate revenue to support social development i.e literacy.
- To educate young mothers regarding basic nutritional needs of infants.
- To improve nutrition of malnourished children in the community
Some of the ways these objectives will be accomplished with the women's group are:
- Animal husbandry practices – provision of cattle and skills training
- Crop cultivation and vegetable gardening
- Helping women to sell surplus produce to community members and in local market
- Cassava farming and processing
- Milk feeding program for lactating or malnourished pregnant women
- Health Education for women to highlight importance of breastfeeding for first six months, nutrition and identification of signs of under/malnourishment
- Monitoring of child’s growth by young mothers
Small Komboya Women's Group
Small Komboya, Komboya Chiefdom, Bo District, Sierra Leone
Our 2009 objectives are:
- To provide small scale employment especially to women and youth.
- To provide products which cannot easily be accessed in the community such a meat, milk, cassava.
- To generate revenue to support some social development i.e. promoting education and microcredit to women to start a small business.
- To provide nutritional support to malnourished individuals in the community with focus on under-5s and other vulnerable groups.
WATCH VIDEO The Njala Komboya group gather in November, 2008 to sing in their language of Mendi about the great things they’ve been able to accomplish on their own, with a little help from their friends.
For more information,
e-mail Canadian Feed The Children's program manager for Sierra Leone.
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