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WASH Reflections: Here’s to Good Health

by World Hope International | Jun 23, 2020 | Cambodia, Clean Water and Energy, Food & Water Security, Haiti, Liberia, Natural Resource Management, Sierra Leone, Water and Sanitation

WASH Reflections: Here’s to Good Health In June of 2019, World Hope International (WHI) made a year-long commitment, along with 72 other organizations, to focus on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities (WASH in HCF). Initiated by Global Water...

Food Distribution to Enable the Children Families

by World Hope International | Jun 16, 2020 | Combating Infectious Diseases, Enable the Children, Global Health, Outbreak Response, Sierra Leone

Food Distribution to Enable the Children Families The impacts of COVID-19 continue to be felt around the world and are often affecting the world’s vulnerable populations the most. As countries work to follow health guidelines, we are seeing unintended consequences on...

Sierra Leone High Court Hands Down Sentences on Two Traffickers Convicted in Landmark Anti-Trafficking Case

by World Hope International | Feb 11, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone High Court Hands Down Sentences on Two Traffickers Convicted in Landmark Anti-Trafficking Case In a courthouse in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday, February 11th, after being found guilty on 30 counts, two women were sentenced to prison for...

Running Into Pain with Healing

by Jo Anne Lyon | Jan 23, 2020 | Acting in Faith, Sierra Leone

Running Into Pain with Healing Dr. Jo Anne Lyon, founder of World Hope International, recently returned to Sierra Leone after a decade away. She shares below some highlights and reflections from her visit. I just returned from Sierra Leone and was truly amazed at the...

Strengthening the Capacity of Border Law Enforcement Personnel

by World Hope International | Jan 9, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Strengthening the Capacity of Border Law Enforcement Personnel In a recent breakthrough for trafficking-in-persons (TIP) incidents tied to labor migration, law enforcement officers attached to a Sierra Leone border check point identified and apprehended a major...

Well Drilled at School Brings Hygiene & Happiness

by World Hope International | Nov 28, 2019 | Access to Education, Clean Water and Energy, Sierra Leone, Water and Sanitation

children World Hope International recently completed the provision of a water service system for a primary school in Bombali District, Sierra Leone and went back to the school to see how it’s going and talk with the school headmistress, Mrs. Rita Fatu Conteh,...