Achievement of the Desert Flower Foundation-SL
Since its inception in 2014, the DFF-SL has:
- Provided Sponsorship for Education, Medical and the Holistic Welfare of the Girl Child:
| No.1. | Communities of DFFSL Operational Areas | Allen Town | Bo | Bo Committee & Act | Dwerzark | Freetown | Lungi | Magburakar | Newton | |||
| Total | 117 | 255 | 32 | 50 | 415 | 57 | 30 | 44 | ||||
| GRAND TOTAL = 1000 | ||||||||||||
| No.2. | School Categories | Kindergarten/Nursing
KG 1-3 (Age:3-5yrs) |
Primary 1-6
(Age:6-12yrs) |
Junior Secondary School 1-3
(Age:13-16yrs) |
Senior Secondary School/Vocational Training Centre and University 1-3
(Age 17-20yrs) |
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| Total | 48 Girls | 525 | 288 | 139 | ||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL = 1000 | ||||||||||||
- Advocacy and Awareness raising for Sierra Leonean girls and women;
- Collaborated with likeminded institutions in the fight against FGM/FGC, poverty, women and child rights abuses;
- Facilitated rights promotion/protection and gender, and leadership transformation events & processes in rural communities and institutions.;
- Facilitated behavior change education interventions targeting FGM/FGC Malaria, HIV and AIDS prevention and impact mitigation and sanitation in rural and urban communities;
- Supported social and economic capacity building for rural women and youth;
- Trained and mentored rural women and young people in functional literacy, Livelihood advancement Skills, sanitation and SGBV prevention and response;
- Made contribution to the Ebola, Mudslide and Flood emergency response efforts to meet partial needs of the affected communities in the DFF-SL areas of operation in (Bo, Magburakar, Lungi, Allen Town, Newton, (Freetown- Kingtom, Dwerzark, Leister, Sorie Town, Sumella Town and Kanigo); and
- Contributed on Relief and Rehabilitation programs in areas of need.