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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)

Peace Poems Competition – 22 September 2008

ISBN 978-1-905617-75-3
Monday 22nd September saw the launch of PEACE POEMS 2008 – a booklet of the winning poems submitted by children and young people in the Wales South regional poetry competition. There was a great atmosphere at Cardiff’s Temple of Peace, as more than 60 children, parents, teachers and Soroptimists from across Wales gathered [...]

(5th October 2008)

200 women attend fashion show

SI clubs in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot joined forces and organised a Fashion Show with Rowberry Fashions of Swansea at The Aberavon Beach Hotel, Port Talbot. Two hundred women attended a fabulous display of the latest fashions in casual, formal and evening ware, including outfits for weddings. The money raised will go to [...]

(1st October 2008)

Flying Rats

Flying Rats Take to the Skies! – September 2007

Intrepid Soroptimists Dee Jenkins of SI Brecon and Nerys Lines of SI Newport took to the skies in support of their regional project Licking Lassa Fever.
After a summer of heavy rain and windy conditions, a warm bright Sunday morning dawned and the pair were finally able [...]

(17th September 2008)