Press Releases

The End…

The project has finally come to an end.
The total money donated was ￡80,700. The British Red Cross Society (BRCS), working through the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS), has achieved a very successful Community Based Healthcare Programme throughout Sierra Leone. Work was carried out in all 13 regions of the country and enabled communities to come [...]

(30th July 2011)

Our achievements & Manchester Conference

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 [...]

(26th October 2010)

Report January-March 2010

On 27th April 2010,  Sierra Leone independence day, the Government of Sierra Leone  launched free health care services for children under five, pregnant women and breasting feeding mothers. This is to tackle the devastating mortality and morbidity rates among children and pregnant women. Most of SLRCS’s clinics will be used as Peripheral Health Units and [...]

(23rd June 2010)

£25000 donation sent

We are working in partnership with the Red Cross to help provide communities in Sierra Leone with clean water facilities, latrines, tools and seeds. An education programme is also to be delivered which will teach local people how to prevent and detect Lassa Fever and other diseases such as malaria and TB, as well as [...]

(1st October 2009)

Local woman completes Everest Adventure in aid of Licking Lassa Fever and British Red Cross

Intrepid local woman, Cherry Wright, 64, has returned home after a challenging expedition to Everest base camp. She tackled freezing temperatures and altitude sickness in order to make the journey 17,600ft above sea level.
The trek was completed in order to raise money for Licking Lassa Fever, a project run by  the Wales South [...]

(13th May 2009)