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From January 2000 – December 2003, 12 primary schools were de-wormed with a total of 3600 pupils and 430 adults in the Eastend Part of the city of Freetown.

JANUARY – FEBRUARY REPORT 2004

HEALTH REPORT
From January 2000 – December 2003, 12 primary schools were de-wormed with a total of 3600 pupils and 430 adults in the Eastend Part of the city of Freetown.

Deworming exercise is currently going on in the Ribbi Chiefdom, Moyamba District in the Southern Province. A total number of 3,800 children and adult have been de-wormed with Albendazole (Zentel) tablets because it kills both eggs and adult worm.

Childhelp Sierra Leone founded out that Vermox tablets are not good to be used for de-worming because it kills the adult and not the eggs. Another de-worming exercise will soon start in the Bombali district in March 2004 with a three-throng approach: To Teach, Train and Treat the children in Health participatory education.

In February 2nd – 14th 2004, 45 participants were trained in Pump Repairing, Hygiene and Sanitation. 11 were Pump repairers and 24 were train in hygiene and sanitation. During the Pump repairing practical training, Childhelp Sierra Leone in collaboration with Lifewater International – USA, bought few hand pumps and parts that were used to repair pumps and to replace stolen ones. One of the beneficiaries SDA Primary School, Back of Agriculture in Makeni, whose Pb Mark 11 Hand pump was stolen, was replaced with an Indian Mark 11 hand pump. Other wells in Maforay Kola tree – 13 miles off Makeni, Magua villages – 22 miles from Makeni were also repaired, restored and now functioning.

Childhelp Sierra Leone needs a Project Officer and Fund Raiser to manage the office in Sierra Leone. The Life savers faith and technology training centre will be reopened in May/June 2004 and will need volunteers to teach students in community development, leadership formati n, international health, organising for action, computer studies and agriculture.

Childhelp Sierra Leone is working with Lifewater International in Pump repairing, hygiene and sanitation to accomplish its mission in Sierra Leone.

For More Information, contact Childhelp Sierra Leone’ Office at the above address,

Or call 076 70 89 63, or email: [email protected] and Lifewater Int. - USA, [email protected].