HEALTHIER LIVES
Introducing Christian Aid’s Partnership
Scheme Project in Kailahun, Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone
One of world’s poorest
countries
Capital, Freetown,
founded as home for
repatriated former
slaves in 1787
Still recovering from
civil war which ended
in 2002
Rice, coffee, cocoa
main export crops,
plus fishing
Diamond mining also
important
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Kailahun Health Project
Located on the eastern
border with Guinea
Rural area with poor
local services
High levels of child
and maternal mortality
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Hospital Children’s Ward
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Mothers at the hospital
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Kailahun Health Project
Aims to improve the
quality of health
care, particularly
for mothers and
babies, in two
hospitals in
Kailahun District
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Kailahun Health Project
By providing reliable water and electricity
supplies to the two hospitals
By helping local people advocate for better
health provision for mothers and
babies
By helping local government staff improve
their monitoring of key health
indicators in the district
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Kailahun Health Project
Christian Aid’s local
partners for this
project are the
Methodist Church
of Sierra Leone
(MCSL) and the
Social Enterprise
and Development
Foundation
(SEND)
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How you can help
By raising at least £5,000 to be matched by
funding from the European Union
By praying for our staff, partners and local
people working on this project
By encouraging other groups or churches
to join the Partnership Scheme
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Multiply your giving
Every £1 donated through the Partnership
Scheme to the Kailahun Health project
will be matched by £3 from the
European Union
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Thank you
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Christian Aid, PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT
christianaid.org.uk/partnerships
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