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Soap Making for Resilience

by World Hope International | Jul 15, 2020 | Combating Infectious Diseases, Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Global Health, Opportunities for Youth, Protection, Sierra Leone, Social Ventures, Water and Sanitation, Youth Empowerment

Soap Making for Resilience Join us today to celebrating World Youth Skills Day! This day is set aside on the United Nations Calendar as a day to pause and reflect on the world’s youth, the skills they possess, and the work being done around the world to help...

Ending Child Rape in Sierra Leone

by Haley Clark | Jul 8, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Ending Child Rape in Sierra Leone By Haley Clark and Heather Hill Last month, a five-year-old girl in Sierra Leone died after being brutally raped. Why has this happened yet again, and what will it take to finally end the epidemic of rape in the country? “This...

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 Dr. 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...