Saturday 19th May saw visitors from the NGO, Sustain for Life, visit Magbenteh Community Hospital. The purpose of the visit was to discuss a possible partnership to improve health seeking behavior and health outcomes with a focus on antenatal care and family planning, to promote gender equality and empower women and girls. The project initiative […]
Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th April saw Magbenteh Community Boarding School hold its first Inter-House Sports Meet. The event had previously been postponed as a result of the recent Presidential and General Elections. It was a wonderful occasion organised by the SSLDF Education Team in collaboration with the Physical Health Association for Bombali District. with […]
On Tuesday 10th April, the Swiss-Sierra Leone Development Foundation welcomed three journalists from GEO Magazine, Germany. The purpose of the visit was to learn more about the mental health effects of the Ebola epidemic, 2 years after Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola transmission. As a result of our work with Ebola affected children […]
Over the past 2 weeks the Under-Fives clinic at Magbenteh Community Hospital has received 3 cases of acute and chronic malnutrition. Cases of malnutrition received at Mabenteh Community Hospital are usually admitted to the Children’s Ward or referred to the Government Hospital depending on their severity. Despite these 3 children being diagnosed as having both […]
Special thanks go to ASSEDA and the Aurora Foundation for supporting the Magbenteh Community Boarding School with a feeding programme, ensuring each of our 186 students receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch 5 days per week. In a country with a chronic malnutrition rate of 30% for children under 5 in 2014, according to the […]
Magbenteh Community Hospital wants to support not only the communities of Bombali District and the future of Sierra Leone’s children, but also the Sustainable Development Goals. One of our medical team’s biggest challenges is the fight against Sierra Leone’s most common infectious disease and one of its most serious public health problems; malaria. Malaria is […]
The Swiss-Sierra Leone Development Foundation recently welcomed friends from the German organisation, Helfende Hӓnde. This would be the fourth visit to Makeni for founding members; Eckhard, Margitta and Eveline, and the SSLDF Fundraising Team were eager to show them both new and existing projects. On the list of visits included the Magbenteh Community Hospital, Magbenteh […]
During 2017 SSLDF and Magbenteh Community Hospital were blessed with the arrival of volunteer Doctor, Genevieve Haddock from the UK. She shares her experience: “Magbenteh Community Hospital is a very unique place. Last January when I arrived, I never dreamt that I would be staying in the country for a whole year- but the charm […]
In January 2018, with the support of two private donors, the Family Planning clinic will reopen at Magbenteh Community Hospital, providing free contraception and safe abortion to women in Bombali District, empowering them to choose for themselves and determine their futures. The original Family Planning Clinic at Magbenteh Community Hospital was closed as a result […]
Our SSLDF Building Engingeer from Spain, Virginia Canales will be leaving SSLDF and Sierra Leone at the end of December after 20 months working tirelessly on both the Magbenteh Community Boarding School Project for children affected by Ebola and from the most deprived surrounding villages, alongside several projects within the Magbenteh Community Hospital; the construction […]
