By Bai-Bai Sesay – President Ernest Bai Koroma, cabinet Ministers, diplomats and representatives of the international community recently held a one day 1st presidential workshop on Global Fund grants in Sierra Leone organized by the Country Coordinating Mechanism of the Global Fund Sierra Leone (CCMSL) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with support from the German BACKUP Initiative (GTZ) at the Njala Venue, Lumley Beach Road Freetown. In his keynote address, President Koroma told participants that Global Fund started in 2003 with two million dollars to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the country. He pointed out that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 20th 2010 |
By Bai-Bai Sesay, Freetown – Forty three participants drawn mainly from West African countries recently ended a three days 2nd Regional Conference on the theme- Peacemaking in West Africa: Faith Communities and their role in conflict organized by the West Africa Research Association (WARA) and the West Africa Research Center (WARC) with financial support from the U.S State Department. The conference took place at the Taia Resort Hotel, Lumley Beach Road in the capital Freetown. Addressing participants, Prof. Osumane Sene of WARC said the peace initiative is a three years programme funded by the U.S State Department to promote peace... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, December 18th 2010 |
By: Augustine N. Myers -….As Both Countries complete 2-week visit to Bangladesh- After years of civil war, Sierra Leone and Liberia water, sanitation and hygiene sectors are said to be faced with numerous technical, materials and financial challenges. As a means of addressing these challenges and in an effort to accelerate access of the people of Sierra Leone and Liberia to safe drinking water, improve sanitation and good hygiene behavior, seven Liberians and two Sierra Leoneans recently attended nearly two weeks of learning exchange in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to a dispatch, five civil society organizations and two Directors from the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, December 9th 2010 |
By Bai Bai Sesay – Didier Drogba’s football boots wore at the last World Cup in South Africa has been sold in Freetown last Sunday, November 21st, 2010 at an auction held at the Country Lodge Resort, Hill Station in the capital Freetown for a whopping US$12,000. The occasion was a fundraising dinner hosted by F.C Johansen in support of their upcoming international football tournament involving teams from six African countries. auction took place at the Country Lodge, Hill Station, in Freetown on sunday at a funding raising dinner hosted by FC Johansson for their upcoming international football tournament at... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 26th 2010 |
By Bai Bai Sei – Following the heavy storm some two weeks back that destroyed many homes and schools in the district, an emergency meeting was immediately converged by the Deputy District Director of Education to see how best they can help in appealing to humanitarian organizations and companies to help rehabilitates these schools. Deputy Director of Education in Kono, Tamba M.T. Komba told this press that he wrote series of letters to various non governmental organizations and companies in the district for assistance to rehabilitate the four affected schools namely KoiduGirlsSecondary School, Islamic Secondary School, UnitedMethodistGirlsSecondary School and UnitedMethodistPrimary... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, November 26th 2010 |
