Press Release

A million thanks for Soroptimists

Soroptimists are celebrating their contribution to a one million pound fund  helping women and girls in Sierra Leone to rebuild their lives after 20 years of civil war.

A cheque for 1 million pounds was presented to partner organisation, Hope and Homes for Children at the Soroptimist annual conference in Brighton. 1200 members of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland were there.  

The four year appeal was a joint effort by the 90 thousand members of Soroptimist International in 124 countries across the world.  A third of a million pounds was raised in Britain alone.

 Alison Sutherland, the International Project Liaison for Project SIerra, couldn’t be at the Conference, but sent this message from Sierra Leone: “I have seen first-hand how Project SIerra has made a real difference to the lives of so many women, children and their families in need. Reaching the £1 million target is an amazing innovative fundraising effort.” 

Pictured here from left to right are: Alice Wells Soroptimist International (SI) President, Joe Glackin Hope & Homes, Liz Morgan-Lewis SI Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) President, Anne MacDonald SIGBI Project Liaison, Patricia Donohue SI Americas President, Kathy Kaaf SI Europe President.

Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland President Liz Morgan-Lewis said “this project to help women train for work or set up their own businesses is vital in keeping families together after the ravages of war.  It’s central to the service and campaigning which is at the heart of everything we do as Soroptimists.”

For more information about Project SIerra visit www.ProjectSIerra.org (http://www NULL.projectsierra NULL.org/) or www.sigbi.org (http://www NULL.sigbi NULL.org/) or www.hopeandhomes.org (http://www NULL.hopeandhomes NULL.org/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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