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...