by Signe Roelsgaard | Aug 1, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
Nenny Kargbo, paralegal in Makeni, has been a huge asset to AdvocAid since she started working for us in 2014. In this months’ contribution to our 10 year anniversary blog series, Nenny admits that it took her a while before she fully agreed...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Jun 30, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs
Isata Mansaray is AdvocAid’s wonderful Database Officer, who we have been so lucky to have working for us for a year. This month, as part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations, Isata has written a blog about her greatest moments with AdvocAid. Database...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Jun 7, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
Alimamy Koroma used to be one of AdvocAid’s star legal interns. Passing his Bar exams in April, he is now a fully fledged lawyer and we are lucky that he is still representing AdvocAid clients. This month, as part of our 10-year anniversary...
by Joanna Howarth | Apr 14, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
Patrick Steven is our Freetown Office Assistant, and he’s our second staff member to write a blog as part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations. He has been part of the AdvocAid fambul (family) since 2010, and is one of our longest serving members of the...
by Joanna Howarth | Mar 15, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
As part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations, we’re featuring blogs from our staff, volunteers, and board members over the next 10 months. Each one will tell the personal story of their involvement with AdvocAid. Victoria’s Story I am Victoria Koroma, a...
by Joanna Howarth | Feb 12, 2016 | Blogs, News, Press Releases, Publications, Resources
12 February 2016: AdvocAid have today released a briefing paper urging the President of Sierra Leone to sign the Safe Abortion Act 2015 and thereby enhance the human rights of women and prevent needless deaths. The paper comes just one week after they released an open...