Licking Lassa Fever

Licking Lassa Fever December 2011

Although our work has finished – work continues in Sierra Leone – the latest report from the Red Cross can be accessed by clicking the link above.

Our work with LLF has now officially finished and Dr Kay Richmond has presented her final report

Total raised = £83409, expenses = £2704, giving percentages of 97% to the Red Cross and 3% on expenses. Other donors have helped to fund the entire programme which would have failed without our early intervention and initial donation.
Activity has been as follows:

Area of work	Numbers
Working in SL regions/Red Cross branches	13
Community Action Group members	480
Lassa Fever education in Kenema - villages	48
Community action groups on responsible sex	720
Education on HIV/AIDS – people	319,732
Education about Malaria – households	33,366
Vaccinations – children <5yrs	453,179
Weight monitoring of infants	4,461
Malnourished children referred	1,218
Home visits for breast feeding	2,226
Mothers and fathers advised re feeding	32,071
Rehabilitation of wells	356
Rehabilitation of wells – people benefit	32,814
Latrines constructed	41

Our effort has been recorded in the Trustees’ report and accounts of the BRCS – at http://www.scribd.com/doc/55261978/British-Red-Cross-2010-Trustees-report-and-accounts – on page 43. We have succeeded in exceeding our target of £80k – thanks to everyone’s hard work and support.

Here is a photo of the celebratory cake presented at our AGM on June 18th – at the same meeting Kay was voted in as our next Programme Action officer – well done Kay!

The report for Q1 2011 is available on the web site at http://licking-lassa-fever.org.uk/home/q1-2011-report-web-2/. The story of Musa, a beneficiary who has become a volunteer, is at http://licking-lassa-fever.org.uk/home/musa-q1-2011/.

Past President Sue, Dr Kay Richmond and members of SI Freetown at the Licking Lassa Fever Stand in Manchester.

This page will give you all the latest news about LLF and to find out more use the link below:

www.licking-lassa-fever.org.uk

We now have a full annual report for 2010 – an overview is at http://licking-lassa-fever.org.uk/2011/04/annual-report-2010/ - with a link to the full report. Many thanks to all who have supported this project – great ‘bangs for our bucks’ – and a great positive contribution to the lives of people in Sierra Leone. Our total funds raised so far are £80,000 – with some final payments awaited – watch this space for further details.

Please follow the link below for the latest information about LLF:

http://licking-lassa-fever.org.uk/?p=878&preview=true,

Continuing to raise the profile of LLF and making a last push for donations Cherry Wright of SI Cardiff is once more on her travels – this time Kilimanjaro is her focus, the target to raise more funds for LLF. For further infomration including how to make donations see the link below.

http://sigbi.org/wales-south/files/2010/08/kilimanjaro.pdf

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