Watch the amazing impact from the BLP MDG Back To School Program in Makeni Sierra Leone. BLP distributes school supplies to pupils to enable them have a good academic session.
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Rebecca Sesay
Rebecca Sesay is a fifteen (15) years old teenager who was discovered by Bright Light Projects in 2019 at age of 13, when she was reported of being abused at age 13 by an unknown man. Her case was reported at the Ministry Of Social Welfare Gender And Children Affair Bombali for necessary inquiry and...
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BLPSL Routine Monitoring at School and at Home – Waterloo in Western Rural District Sierra Leone
BLPSL staff In the Western Rural District in Sierra Leone undergoing routine monitoring at school to monitor our beneficiaries. BLPSL intervention at school and at homes of our beneficiaries provide a perfect opportunity for our team to address challenges as they become due to ensure the success of our programs. At home to provide psychosocial...
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Monitoring by BLPSL team is key in achieving Success – Lower John Street in Makeni Sierra Leone
BLPSL team in Bombali District (Makeni) providing constant support at school and at home. At school to check academic progress, at home providing psychosocial counseling to beneficiaries and their caregivers. Routine monitoring is key to achieving success in our programs especially on Mend the Gap Schooling program for vulnerable Ebola orphans program
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Meet Fatmata Kallon of Kissy Town Western Rural District- Waterloo Sierra Leone
Fatmata Kallon is a 19-year-old girl from Kissy Town in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone. She lost her mother (the only breadwinner) and siblings to Ebola. Left with no support, she dropped out of school and was discovered during BLPSL vulnerability assessments qualifying her as a beneficiary. She had expressed the desire to...
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Meet Sento and Sinna Turay of Lower John Street – Makeni Sierra Leone
BLPSL program Director met Sento, Sinna and many other teenagers at a safe sex workshop organized for commercial sex workers in Makeni. 5 girls were referred to BLPSL for possible assessments and integrated into the Mend the Gap Schooling program for vulnerable Ebola orphans. Our field coordinator found high levels of vulnerability in five of...
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Aminata Sesay of Morabe – Western Rural District Sierra Leone
Aminata Sesay is a 20-year-old girl from Moraebe village in the Western Rural District. She lost 22 of her family members to Ebola including parents. Left with no support, got pregnant and dropped out of school for about 3 years. Bright light Projects got her back to school second term (January 2017) at Peninsular Secondary...
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BLPSL Beneficiaries undergoing Vocational Skills Training in Waterloo – Sierra Leone
Providing Vocational Skills training for BLPSL beneficiaries is key in Rebuilding Broken Communities. In the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone, BLPSL has a standing MOU with KOMRA Training Center where most of our beneficiaries undergo skills training as a step towards self-reliance as part of the Mend the Gap Schooling Program for vulnerable Ebola...