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A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage
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PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone – Fatmata Sesay was 15 years old when she became pregnant. Her parents…

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Fistula camp helps women and girls in Sierra Leone regain their dignity
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – “When I became pregnant in December 2016, I never attended a health clinic…

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Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone/Johannesburg, South Africa – "According to our tradition, a girl should get…

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Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need
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Regent, SIERRA LEONE – “I saw the rocks from the hill fly up into the air,” Martha Kamara, 28, told…

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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning
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PUJEHUN/BUEDU, Sierra Leone – When Aminata Kabba became pregnant last year, at 15 years old, she…

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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The horrific Ebola outbreak in West Africa came to an end one year ago.…

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Sierra Leone's contact tracers work to curtail Ebola outbreak
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KAILAHUN/NEW YORK – As Ebola infections continue to escalate at an alarming rate in…

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Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and…

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Fresh out of Conflict, Sierra Leoneans Face New War with Micro-sized, Formidable Foe: the HIV Virus

Officially at peace since January 2002, the West African country of Sierra Leone is struggling to…

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War-Affected Women in Freetown Get Help

On the outskirts of Freetown, up a red clay road gashed by hard rain, sits a makeshift shelter some…

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