Progress and hope for Sierra Leone Ebola Orphans

While the media's interest in Ebola has waned and headlines predicting a worldwide epidemic have fallen short of their prophesies of doom, countries such as Sierra Leone continue to be severely affected and impacted by the virus. Kidsave Sierra Leone in partnership with Village Care Initiative unwaveringly continues to fight to find safe and permanent homes for children orphaned by the ongoing epidemic. Currently we are operating in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Sembehun, Pujehun, and Zimmi.

To date 365 orphans have been registered with our program. One hundred of these orphans are being hosted by women and families throughout several communities. This leaves 265 children still in need of family placement. Since early January, nineteen women have joined our loan groups which have helped enable them to welcome forty children into their homes. One woman, Isata Gbadoma, used her loan to purchase extra rice to increase the sale of her dry goods micro business. With the added income, she and her daughter Michaela (5) were able to take in Aminata (8) and make her part of their family.

see more at: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/kidsave-sierra-leone-program-combats-ebola/reports/?subid=56147