Mercy Hospital began the installation of solar panels this week. With the completion of the solar power project, Mercy will have around the clock electricity, which will power a blood bank, and supply power to the surgical centre. The installation should take five to seven days.
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Child Reintegration Centre Director Olivia Fonnie announced a plan to supply solar powered radios to the families of CRC students who are preparing for the upcoming mandatory promotion exams. Students throughout West Africa must pass the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) to promote to Junior Secondary School, and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to promote to the Senior Secondary level. In late March, Sierra Leone recorded the first case of COVID-19, leading President Bio to initiate stringent preventive measures, including the nationwide closure of schools, churches and mosques. To compensate for school closures, the Ministry of Education is airing daily radio broadcasts presented by trained teachers. A time table has been prepared and circulated throughout the country. The problem is, many of the families served by the Child Reintegration Centre can barely afford food, much less a radio. "The only form of teaching now in the country is through radio. But most of our caregivers are too poor to afford a radio," Director Fonnie says. "The country is blessed with a lot of sunshine. So the distribution of solar-powered radios to our children will help make the COVID-19 school radio program more accessible. This will help our children to continue studying for the examinations and at the end, come out with flying colours." Your donation of at least $10 will provide a family with a radio to help their children prepare for promotion exams, and if we raise at least $1500, your gift will be matched by a generous donor. Click on the button below to contribute to HCW's COVID Response. From April 25-27, staff members from Mercy Hospital and the Child Reintegration Centre traveled to five villages to distribute hand washing stations and educate communities on COVID-19 prevention. At this point, 178 cases of COVID have been identified in Sierra Leone, mostly in the capital city of Freetown, but the virus is beginning to spread throughout the country, in spite of travel restrictions and other safety measures put in place by the government in late March. On behalf of their communities, the village chiefs of Fengehun, Yamandu, Manguama, Mattru on the Rail, and Sami gratefully received Veronica buckets, collecting buckets, and bars of hand soap to outfit their villages with hand washing stations. Dr. Aruna Stevens and other Mercy Hospital personnel conducted health education classes for each village to raise awareness about the corona virus. Dr. Stevens and staff taught and demonstrated prevention protocols such as social distancing, hand washing, and coughing technique. The CRC estimates that more than 2,300 people benefited from the distribution and education. They will continue to supply Bo and the surrounding communities for the duration of the COVID outbreak. |
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