Hope for the Blind Sierra Leone

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HFBSL was established as a direct response to the popular agitation for a more transparent and accountable disabled led organization championing efforts for demanding and addressing the authentic needs and aspirations of PWDs across Sierra Leone.

Hope for the Blind Sierra Leone boosts education for visually impaired and othe Vulnerable children in Bo, Sierra Leone....
29/09/2024

Hope for the Blind Sierra Leone boosts education for visually impaired and othe Vulnerable children in Bo, Sierra Leone.
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Funded by AHEAD (African Health, Education, and Development) an international NGO based in the USA)

Benefiaries: 20 schoolgoing children (10 blind children, 5 children with polio, 5 children with other vulnerabilities)

Items provided include:
● Tape recorders for blind children
● Braille paper for blind children
● school bags
● School shoes
● Under vests
● Note books and notebooks

Distribution happened at Paul School for the Blind, Gbaima Road, Bo; 27 September 2024.

The occasion was chaired by Mr Desmond Kanneh, Program Manager at Action Aid Sierra Leone which was graced by many dignitaries including, Mrs Fatmata Banya, School Quality Assurance Officer, Misnistry of Education; Mr. Mohamed Conteh, Head Teacher of Paul School for the Blind; Judith Y. Houston, HumanRiggts activist; Kenneth Amadu, chairman of civil Society, South; and all the beneficiary children.

Outcome
All the children targeted to receive school items actually got them as planned.
There was joy among the children and their parents at sight of such beautiful Education materials.

Bashiru Kemokai, a blind boy in Senior Secondary School said "we are in the third week of the school year and I have not been able to attend because I didn’t have needed school materials. But just look at me now: new shoes, new bag, new school uniform ect. School, here I come!"

Similar sentiments were expressed by other children.

Fatmata Sowa, a blind girl who received a tape recorder, smiled, laughed and then cried. She said "I never thought I would own a tape recorder of such quality". Thank you AHEAD and thank you Hope for the Blind"

Mr. Abubakarr Kamara, Director of Hope for the Blind Sierra Leone, admonished all recipients to take good care of the materials and put them to the correct use.
He also appealed to other children who did not receive items this time, to stay patient, hopeful and work hard. Finally he appeared to all teachers and personnel at Paul School for the Blind to help the children put the tape recorders to the best use.

He concluded on the note that Hope for the Blind Sierra Leone will continue working th facilitate life for vulnerable persons,especially children, as best we can.

Thank you all.

Project: Enhancing CSO Participation in Governance and National Level Policy Processes. Activity: Strengthened Strategic...
21/05/2024

Project: Enhancing CSO Participation in Governance and National Level Policy Processes.

Activity: Strengthened Strategic Partnership with Potential Partners through meetings.

Objective: to discuss key elements of the disability act of 2011 and foster partnerships that facilitate the realization of its provisions.

Date: 17 May 2024
Venue: NCPD Conference Hall, Bo

Funded by the European Union through Action Aid Sierra Leone.

Participants:
Male = 7
Female = 3
Total = 10

Opening the occasion, the director of Hope for the Blind, Abubakarr Kamara, expressed his gratitude to Action Aid and the European Union for giving priority to a disable serving NGO.

The Regional Coordinator South, for the National Commission for persons with disabilities, Mr. John Conteh, added that government has the policies in place and the political will to implement them, but funding is always a major challenge; and that is why international partners like Action Aid and donor partners like the European Union stand in the gap. He ended with NCPD's commitment to always supporting all projects that aim at implementing the disability act of 2011.

The Head Teacher of Paul School for the Blind in Bo, Mr Mohamed S. Conteh, said "We at Blind School, empower blind students with knowledge, but we look forward to the government and other partners to empower them to utilize that knowledge to realize their full potential like other citizens. That important support is what Action Aid and the European Union have given through this oroject. We’re grateful to them.

OUTCOME
It was agreed that all stakeholders present will go back and reflect on the disability act. Follow-up meetings would be held in subsequent months to agree to implementable plans that all parties will commit to. Hope for the Blind will monitor and report progress in coordination meetings.

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00232

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