by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Feb 5, 2018 | Blogs, News, Press Releases, Welfare
Title: AdvocAid reaches mental health milestone for female detainees in Kenema Year: 2018 Asiata* suffers from epilepsy. In September 2017, she was detained at the Female Correctional Centre in Kenema town for allegedly killing her son as a result of a seizure. She is...
by Executive Director | Dec 22, 2017 | Blogs, Death penalty, News
Winter Newsletter 2017 Executive Director’s Message The last three months have, as always, been busy and full of achievements at AdvocAid. We hosted a regional conference on petty offences, launched a documentary about sex workers and appealed a death sentence to the...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Nov 25, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs
Ten years ago, at the very beginning of our existance, Saramba Kandeh started her legal internship with AdvocAid. Later she became our first ever female Duty Counsel. Today, Saramba is a Legal and Gender Associate at Aids-Free World, but she has agreed to write this...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Oct 20, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs
This summer, Saskia Bunschoten-Binet did an internship with AdvocAid. She very quickly got herself immersed in various aspects of our work and she became an invaluable support to the team. Thanks, Saskia, for all your hard work and dedication! In this month’s...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Sep 21, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs
Julie Wilson is our Finance and Administrative Officer. Born and raised in Freetown, before becoming part of the AdvocAid family, Julie worked with both the Brookfields Community Hospital and Rokel Commercial Bank. She started with AdvocAid in July 2010 and has been...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Aug 30, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
For this month’s anniversary blog, Lawyer Ishmael P Mammie has sat down with Saskia B Binet, AdvocAid’s Development Intern, to tell her about what it’s like to represent AdvocAid clients and how representing women with sometimes very serious charges has...
