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Information you can trust: Tackling misinformation ahead of Sierra Leone’s elections
Marian Tina Conteh, Arnold Felix-Elba, Larry Tucker
BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is preparing for a general election for a new president and parliament. We’ve been working with our local media partners to support them to identify and debunk false and misinformation, and to strengthen their coverage, including through the iVerify platform.
Disability is not ‘inability’: girls making waves in Sierra Leone
Mariama Sesay
Lead Producer, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
Senior producer Mariama Sesay describes meeting an inspirational girl determined to challenge disability discrimination in Sierra Leone. Madi Sefoi joined an episode of our radio show as a co-host to discuss disability not holding girls back, read her story here.
“I want my voice to be heard” – how young radio co-hosts are pushing for gender equality in Sierra Leone
Mary Morgan and Mariama Sesay
Head of Production and Senior Producer, Sierra Leone
Our young guest co-hosts spark conversations about the everyday difficulties and imbalances that most affect them, and how they would like those around them to stand with them on calling out these issues.
How coronavirus changed media training in Sierra Leone - for good
Mariatu Kabba and Victor Kamara
Journalism mentors, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
Our journalism mentors had been preparing a new training course for our radio partners on communicating in health emergencies, when the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Sierra Leone they had to adapt fast to deliver virtual training - and with limited connectivity and inconsistent power supply.
Malaria programme tackles COVID-19 in Sierra Leone - how vital information saves lives
Mary Morgan
Head of Production, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
Our health radio programme Tawa Fo Welbodi is encouraging people to keep taking malaria prevention seriously during the #COVID19 pandemic whilst adapting fast to address the extra challenges it brings.
‘Why I’m helping protect pregnant women from malaria in Sierra Leone’
Eastina Massaquoi
Producer, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
On World Malaria Day, hear from Eastina Massaquoi, the presenter of radio programme Tawa Fo Welbodi (which means “Determined for Health”). By applying what we learned during the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis, the programme aims to beat malaria in Sierra Leone.
This is Our Voice: helping women press for progress in Sierra Leone
Ed Kargbo
Head of Production, Sierra Leone
Radio programme Dis Na Wi Voice (This is Our Voice) is reaching marginalized groups, helping them tackle and overcome the issues they're facing - whether it's how to reach their political aspirations, or tackling the barriers to their fight for equality.
Communication is aid: BBC Media Action response to floods in Sierra Leone, Nepal, Bangladesh and India
Nick Henegan
Senior Communications Manager, BBC Media Action
In the aftermath of a disaster information is as important as food, water and shelter. It can save lives. This week BBC Media Action teams from West Africa to South Asia have been delivering vital, life-saving information to people affected by a series of devastating floods.
Speaking up for Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone
Allieu Sesay
Head of Production, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
In 2014 Abass had survived Ebola but lost his child and other family members to the deadly virus. He became a voice for Ebola survivors across Sierra Leone through a BBC Media Action radio show and recently celebrated the birth of a baby daughter. Allieu Sesay tells his story.
What’s it like to be a teenage mother in Sierra Leone?
Mariama Sesay
Lead Producer, BBC Media Action Sierra Leone
Fanta, who went back to school just three months after giving birth aged 16 is the first person we featured in our new series about young people in the country.
