{"id":47,"date":"2009-06-03T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/london-chilterns\/?p=47"},"modified":"2009-06-03T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:24:05","slug":"queen-welcomes-president-laura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2009\/06\/03\/queen-welcomes-president-laura\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit from Sierra Leone to SI Thames Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-50\" src=\"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/london-chilterns\/files\/2009\/06\/26-thames-valley-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Thames Valley\" width=\"282\" height=\"243\" \/>Rosie Simbo, a midwife from Sierra Leone (S.L.) came to talk to\u00a0the Thames Valley Soroptimists\u00a0about her experiences growing up\u00a0in S.L.\u00a0and the work that she currently does there, trying to persuade young girls to avoid HIV\/AIDS and working to eradicate female genital mutilation (fgm) which is still going on in her area of S.L.. 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