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Introducing Christian Aid’s Partnership Scheme Project in Kailahun, Sierra Leone

HEALTHIER LIVES

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Sierra LeoneOne of world’s poorest countries

Capital, Freetown, founded as home for repatriated former slaves in 1787

Still recovering from civil war which ended in 2002

Rice, coffee, cocoa main export crops, plus fishing

Diamond mining also important

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Kailahun Health ProjectLocated on the eastern border with Guinea

Rural area with poor local services

High levels of child and maternal mortality

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Hospital Children’s Ward

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Mothers at the hospital

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Kailahun Health Project

Aims to improve the quality of health care, particularly for mothers and babies, in two hospitals in Kailahun District

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Kailahun Health Project

By providing reliable water and electricity supplies to the two hospitals

By helping local people advocate for better health provision for mothers and babies

By helping local government staff improve their monitoring of key health indicators in the district

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Kailahun Health Project

Christian Aid’s local partners for this project are the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone (MCSL) and the Social Enterprise and Development Foundation (SEND)

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How you can help

By raising at least £5,000 to be matched by funding from the European Union

By praying for our staff, partners and local people working on this project

By encouraging other groups or churches to join the Partnership Scheme

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Multiply your giving

Every £1 donated through the Partnership Scheme to the Kailahun Health project will be matched by £3 from the European Union

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Thank you

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Christian Aid, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT christianaid.org.uk/partnerships