by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Mar 8, 2018 | Blogs, Capacity Building, News, Radio Interview, Welfare
Title: Celebrate International Women’s Day with us! Year: 2018 It has been a very busy start to the year for AdvocAid and one that has been full of success in our mission to empower women and girls in Sierra Leone. On a daily basis, women and girls across the...
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 Signe Roelsgaard | Jun 16, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Advocacy, Events, Press Releases, Welfare
In partnership with: CHILDREN AND JUVENILES BEHIND BARS – In Sierra Leone’s justice system, children and youth are usually not treated any differently than adults. They often spend excessive time behind bars without charge – considered guilty...
by Joanna Howarth | Apr 26, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Events, Press Releases, Welfare
26 April 2016: AdvocAid is celebrating Sierra Leone’s 55th Independence Day with girls, women and staff in the country’s Correctional Centres and Remand Homes, highlighting the continued need since Independence to improve detention conditions for women and girls....
by sabrinamahtani | Dec 18, 2011 | Blogs, Events, Legal Aid, Welfare
AdvocAid donated welfare items (such as toiletries) to women and their children in Freetown Female Prison. We gave each woman her own “lappa” (cloth) which can be used for clothing, as a blanket etc We played some music and shared food, including fruit...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 15, 2011 | Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Radio Interview, Welfare
AdvocAid’s Executive Director, Legal Officer and Volunteer Lawyer spent several days in Bo and Kenema to monitor and support the work of our paralegal in the Easter region. The visit included prison monitoring, distributing key welfare items to women and their...
