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6831 Riverdale Road,
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Riverdale, MD 20737
ZAINDRISS FOUNDATION WOMEN AND ADOLESCENT GIRL'S MONTHLY ENGAGEMENT, OCTOBER 21ST AND 22ND AT MAYOLL-LAL-RATON, UPPER MASIMRA CHIEFDOM, PORT LOKO DISTRICT.
The youngest married girl is 14 with two kids. The youngest girl with high number of children is about 15-19 years old and she has 5 kids, she was sent into early marriage at 11. The highest class recorded so far is JSS 3. Out of 48in the group, 19 are mothers with little or no support.... For this month Letticia Enitor Carew, Hansifu Sesay and Favour Abiba Turay has been the brains. Many thanks and appreciation to all those who donated sanitary pads, soaps, roll-on, lime, old clothing, cookies, bra's and panties for our beneficiaries.
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ZAINDRISS FOUNDATION COMMENCE HARVESTING OF OUR 135 ACRES OF RICE FARM ON THE 20TH OCTOBER, 2018 AT THE MAYOLLA-LAL-RATON VILLAGE, UPPER MASIMRA CHIEFDO, PORT LOKO DISTRICT
On the 20th of October, 2018, Zaindriss Foundation team left for the harvesting of our 135 acres rice farm at upper Masimra Chiefdom in the company of the National Youth Commissioner Ngolo Katta,Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security( Freetown and Port Loko District Office), SLIEPA and partner organizations. It was a joy filled day as the women of Mayolla village gave the team a warm welcome and walked them through the process since it is a woman's led project. Many thanks and appreciation to all those who gave us their support.
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Sierra Leone joined over 13 African countries on the 28th of September, 2018 to officially launch the Good Deeds Day global movement of doing good in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Thanks and appreciation to all our partners and most especially the Good Deeds Day Headquarters for their support.
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Zaindriss Foundation Human Resource Officer representing us at the 1st Africa Regional Conference organized by the Good Deeds Day in Johannesburg held at the Discovery International Hotel August 5th- 8th, 2018 .
Many thanks to the Good Deeds Day for their invitation, together we all can do good in our society and communities.
Hard working farmers in village of Mayolla celebrate Good Deeds Day.
Tools and tractor rental - thanks to Zaindriss - support these farmers. We believe that caring hearts and hard work make for bountiful crops.
Mr. Bangura, VP of NGO, shares his enthusiasm for Good Deeds Day!
Zaindriss - a talent magnet. Each person a leader - Each performing good deeds - and making ours a better world.
After ten long years of waiting and hoping, farmers of Mayolla make use of a loaner tractor to plant their crops. Planting season gets underway!
Zaindriss Team (Sarah, Osman, Amanda, and Liz) oversee project progress. They offer farmers and field workers food, supplies and support. Talks with families assess needs and monitor progress of other ongoing efforts.
Villagers enthusiastically embrace the efficiencies of mechanized farming.
Zaindriss staff Mr. Osman Turay tours demo farm with village elders and chief
Achieving unity and solid partnering with villagers
Community Liaison Officer and two Agro experts tour farm land to be ploughed this spring, thanks to tractor rentals and technical advice.
Networking and Face to Face Meetings with officials and local farmers – deliver results. Over the past few months, CEO Fofanah and Freetown staff have met with stakeholders in Sierra Leone, including officials at the Ministry of Agriculture. Officials have toured our Demo farm site with local farmers and VP Bangura (See photo above). Following a needs assessment, we secured a tractor loaner vehicle and technical assistance about best crops to plant. Initially, 150 acres will be ploughed. Three varieties of rice will be planted. Our target goal is a crop yield of at least 200 bushels of rice.
Timeline: March/April Ploughing - June: Planting - September: Harvest
We invite supporters to donate towards: Tractor rental; Seeds (200 bushels); Fertilizer (150 bags); Fuel- 10 gallons a day; Farming tools; Farming gears; Storage facility for our seeds; and Daily stipends for workers and food
TRAVEL TEAM: Left to right: Liesa Buren, Ahmed Fofanah, George Orwell, Becca Sauble, Betty Harrington
Community Health Workers from several villages participated in Train the Trainer activity led by Buren, RN and Sauble, LPN.
(Kudos to Zaindriss Freetown office staff who supported logistics and facilitated event planning.)
CEO Ahmed presents medical supplies to doctors and administrators at Connaught Hospital in Freetown
Far left is CEO Fofanah, and next to him is VP Mustapha Bangura. Dr. Dawo (back and far right) – is a longtime supporter of Zaindriss and is on medical staff at Connaught hospital in Freetown.
Town Hall Held in Makeni where medical supplies were distributed, and where clinics were visited by our nursing team.
Aid was gratefully received at Mayolla
Freetown Staff– the heartbeat of our organization – joined forces with US based staff for a successful travel team visit.
Left to right: Osman Turay (Program Activity Coordinator), Sauble (US staff), Liz Brewah Operations Manager and Finance Manager, Fofanah (CEO) and Sarah Caulker, Program Activity Coordinator
Zaindriss Foundation, Inc held a One Day Seminar with the Disable
Community in Sierra Leone at the Sensi Tech Hub 67 Sir Samuel Lewis
Road Aberdeen, Freetown. The purpose of the seminar is to get the disable
community involve in our programs and project. The seminar attracted up to
7 different disable institutions including the National Commission for
Disability as well as individuals living with disability.
Zaindriss Foundation, Inc received 2
volunteer nurses, 2 Board members and the CEO and Founder from the United States,
Leisa Buren, RN
Rebekah Sauble, LPN
Dr. Betty Herriington- Board Member
George Orwell- Board Member
Ahmed Fofanah- CEO & Founder
The team came with medical supplies worth over $150,000 dollars, Cloths,
toys, and food items which will be donated in all three of our project
sites and the Canaught Hospital. A Community Health Education will be held
to teach the Nurses in every village how and when the drugs are to be used
and also some basic hygiene practices that can avoid germs and other
illnesses.
Thanks to all those who supported this CAUSE especially the Kings Way
International and all donors, we couldn't have done it without your
support.
