Licking Lassa Fever in Sierra Leone

Our achievements & Manchester Conference

SI Freetown & SI Wales South

SI Freetown & SI Wales South
SI Wales South

SI Wales South

Members of SI Freetown and Wales South met at the SIGBI conference in Manchester (21-23 October 2010) and celebrated the achievements of the project so far.

Area of work

Numbers
Working in SL regions/Red Cross branches

13
Community Action Group members

480
Lassa Fever education in Kenema -  villages

48
Community action groups on responsible sex

720
Education on HIV/AIDS – people

171,747
Education about Malaria – households

29,760
Vaccinations against Polio – children

452,858
Weight monitoring of infants

1,943
Malnourished children referred

528
Home visits for breast feeding

1,352
Mothers and fathers advised re feeding

8,236
Rehabilitation of wells

258
Latrines constructed

41

This has been achieved through donations totaling £65,000 made in 2009 and 2010 and raised since the inception of the project in 2006. See below for financial progress so far.

Year

Total raised

Total donated

Remaining

2006/7

£16,422.87

£16,422.87

2008

£30,840.01

£47,262.88

2009

£23,606.86

25,000

£45,869.74

2010

£7,930.04

40,000

£13,799.78

This leaves £13,799.78 to donate at present…..we hope to make it up to £15,000 for our final donation, to be made in 2011.

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