Category: Impact Stories

Kadiatu was 13 years old when she cone in contact with the Bright Light Projects Sierra Leone, under the Mend The Gap Project For Ebola Orphan And Surviving Children. Kadiatu is an orphan who has lost both parents as a result of the ebola epidemic, after which, the only appropriate family member was her aged...

Mariatu Tarawalie ran away from home to stay with a friend who unknown to her was a sex worker. She eventually joined her friend, got pregnant, and was abused afterward. She hails from Pate Bana community Bombali Shebora chiefdom, Bombali district northern Sierra Leone moved to Makeni with an aunt after losing both of her...

Adama Kamara is a fifteen (15) years old teenager who came into Bright Light Projects through the mediation office of the ministry of social welfare gender and children’s affairs Makeni as a result of being abuse at age 13, her case was reported at social welfare by her parent but the perpetrator was unknown. Through...

Hawa Marah is a 22 years old girl who came from Kabala town in the Koinadugu district with parent who are both aged staying at one of the villages in Kabala town. Hawa Mara has sat for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination [WASSCE] or upper secondary. She then left her parent from Kabala...

Kadiatu Kanu is a 16 years old child who was abused at the age 13 while in junior secondary school [JSSI] by a 45 years old man. Kadiatu was then staying with her aunt while her father stays in the village as a widower, as a result of the abuse Kadiatu couldn’t cope to continue...

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...