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Join the Movement, Protect the Future! 🌟 The Youth Action Movement Sierra Leone invites you to our Monthly Meeting on Friday, 27th October 2023, at our head office at Richards Street. Are you excited to engage in meaningful discussions about s*xuality, s*xual orientation, and family planning needs? 🗣️💡 Last Friday, we had some incredible conversations, and we're eager to continue. Together, we can protect the future by sharing knowledge and understanding. Join the action, be part of the change! 👥💪

Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) engaged Social Media Influencers, Comedians and Bloggers on Cervical Cancer Prevention messages
On the 30th May 2023, PPASL through the Cervical Cancer project supported by China Aid through UNFPA engaged over twenty (20) Social Media Influencers, Comedians and Bloggers on Cervical Cancer Prevention messages.
The engagement was geared towards building the capacity of these Influencers in order to cascade cervical Cancer Prevention messages through their various social media handles/ platforms. These media Influencers represented different communities and key population groups.
Cervical Cancer is the second most common Cancer affecting women generally in Sierra Leone.
Sis. Sallay Carew Government Focal Person on Cervical Cancer did a presentation on broad range of issues accounting for the spread of Cervical Cancer including prevention messages.
Without mincing words, she explained that every woman who had engaged in s*x is prone to be infected by Cervical Cancer.
The signs of cervical Cancer she went on does not easily manifest and therefore encouraged women and girls aged 25 years and above to opt for free screening at different Government health facilities across the country (Lakka Peripheral Health Unit (PHU), Murray Town Peripheral Health Unit (PHU), King Herman Road Government Hospital, Ross Road Community Health Centre (CHC), Jui Chinese Hospital, Regent Peripheral Health Unit (PHU), Bo Government and Makeni Government Hospital)
Making her statement the Executive Director of PPASL Dr. Sarian Kamara applauded the Influencers for their strides in promoting positive messages on cervical cancer and encouraged them to utilize their various platforms to reach out to the general public. She also encouraged them to join the volunteer wing of the Association as the Association is a volunteer based Association.
Making her closing, remarks, Mrs. Gladys A. Goba the focal person for cervical Cancer at PPASL thanked the influencers for their various efforts in mobilizing communities to visit different health facilities. She also emphasized that they have critical role to play in disseminating vital information on cervical Cancer.

𝐘𝐀𝐌𝐒𝐋 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐛𝐨 and 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚 captured on 𝐅𝐏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 "𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫". They used holistic, person approach to meet the needs of adolescent girls and young woman.

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Our effort to operationalize Comprehensive Sexuality Education CSE in and out of schools continues.
Engagement with the Ministry of Education on the implementation of CSE for in and out of schools adolescents

What a timely conversation.

It's worrisome that Africa is super dependent in direct and indirect Donor fundings on SRHR. Our Governments needs to realize the need to be deliberate in scaling up investment to more equiped SRHR Facilities, Training and Deployment of healthcare service providers, and address the huge gap of Stock Outs, among other areas.

PPASL trains young people as Social Mobilizers in the prevention of Covid-19 through the social media using national guidelines

The population of Sierra Leone grew by 3.2% between 2004 and 2015 from about 5 to 7 Million people.
Majority of the population is young people with eight out of ten people under 35 years old. About 41% are under the age of 15 and 62.5% under 25 years old. (Demography Health Survey 2019). These young people are confronted with huge challenges in this dynamic world.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all aspects of young people’s lives, including their schooling, livelihoods and gender relations, as well as their access to youth-friendly s*xual and reproductive health (SRH) services. COVID-19 infection prevention and management measures like lockdowns, self-isolation, restrictions on movement etc appear, in many settings, to have had a significant impact on young people’s access to SRHR information and services.
This situation has seriously affected the overall socio economic development of youth/adolescents.
Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) one of the leading services provider of s*xual reproductive health and rights & services has capacitated 15 young people as Social Mobilizers in the prevention of Covid-19 through Social Media using national guidelines.
The training was held at PPASL Head Office in Freetown 1 Richard Street on the 12th January 2022. The trainees represented different communities in the Western Area.
These young people will serves as Mobilizers using different social media channels/platforms to disseminate s*xual health promotion/information and Covid-19 prevention messages.
Similarly, this training will help dispel myths and misconception surrounding the outbreak and spread of the Corona virus.

PPASL organized it's 56 General Assembly Meeting (AGA) in Bo

The Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) has successfully conducted it's 56 General Assembly Meeting (AGA) at J& E Resort in Bo on the 7th December 2022.
Highlights of the ceremony included the presentation of branch reports, YAMSL report, Executive Director's report and Honorary/president report.
Key outcome included the adoption of revised constitution and bye-laws of the Association, and in the midst of donor fatigue increased in voluntary subscription.

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What a way to start the New Year. Congratulations and Best wishes once again 🤝🥰

Kindly join us on the *13th January 2023 at 16:00 GMT Edition,* as we discuss *the need to increase Investment in Sexual Reproductive Health.*

From the beautiful Lion Mountains of Sierra Leone to the Great Accra Ghana, we continue to extend our unending commitments to improving lives of people especially young ones in need of SRH services.

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