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Meet Maternity ward Midwife, Zoe Domah Sirleaf. Zoe joined MCH team in March 2020. She comes from the neigbor country of Liberia and is certified in Nursing in Midwifery from Tubman National Institute of medication, Monrovia. She has more than 16 years of experience in her field with an innate communication and observation skills; she […]

Sakoma SL_Spain, a partner of SSLDF, has launched an online fundraising campaign in April 29th, 2020 on the website gofundme.com, with a goal of 1,100 € to cover the cost of 40 bags of rice to be sent to MCBS students foster homes to guarantee the livelihood of the children who attend school and their […]

Magbenteh Community Boarding school was established in 2016 as a community school and boarding house for orphaned children. The Water well project was approved in 2019 a donation from SSLDF friend overseas Ms. Fernanda Porto was received in the same year.  We thank Miss Porto for her support of our cause. The Construction team assessed […]

In May we celebrate the International Days of the Midwives and Nurses. Professional delivery care wasn’t the norm in Sierra Leone at the beginning of this Millenia especially in rural areas where expectant mothers usually deliver at home. Back then and until today, Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the […]

SSLDF friend Mireia Villen is crowdfunding to raise £2,000 to help keep the Paediatric and Pregnant Women Wards open during the Covid19 crisis in Sierra Leone… Any donation can help save a life! We need your support! Donate Now !!

We are proud to present our cleaners at Magbenteh Community Hospital in their new cleaning and protective gears. At Magbenteh Community Hospital, every role is vital, and will our cleaners, as always, make sure that the hospital is a clean and safe space for everyone. The team of 7 Foday Dawo, Alie Sesay, Abdulai Tawawallie, […]

A 4 years old child was admitted to the children ward at Magbenteh Community Hospital suffering from high fever (40⁰C), vomiting and diarrhea. He was having a form of acute Malaria. Malaria is a life-threatening disease, typically found in tropical and subtropical climates where the parasites can live, it’s typically transmitted through the bite of […]

Magbenteh Community hospital has received a very generous donation from Ms. Therese Herlihy in March 2020. An Ultrasound machine was shipped from the UK to the hospital in Makeni to be added to the outpatient department. MCH has currently a mobile ultrasound machine mainly used in the ANC department. The machine has become faulty due […]

As of April 23rd, 64 positive cases of COVID-19 have been declared and quarantined in Sierra Leone. The outbreak has reached its third week with a rise of cases from 1 per day to 11 per day. The country led a 3 days lockdown on April 3rd   for contact tracing and management of the cases. […]

After a delay of one trimester due to a interruption in funding, MCBS students finally get to enjoy their lunch time with a healthy meal prepared by the kitchen staff. The 240 children enrolled in the school come from very impoverished communities with most of them being orphaned and their caretakers suffering from socio-economical burdens […]