Dr. Wurie Sesay started studying medicine in her home country Sierra Leone, and then she went on to do post graduate studies in Uganda. She is a wife, mother of two sons; eight and seven. She is a daughter and a sister. When she is not figuring out how to thrive in these roles, she…

Hafeez Othman Taqi and Jesse Nicky Kamara of Sierra Leone Grammar School and Christina M’Ewem of the Annie Walsh Memorial School whisk home Scholarships worth $10,000 from the 2020 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.     On Saturday 19th December 2020, three pupils two (2) from the Sierra Leone Grammar School and one (1) from the…

    Maybe it is time, time for us to take a deep look into our being. Time to forget for a little while about “the future”,  for what future do we have if we do not make better choices now? Our failures are indeed a “heavy shame” to accept and face. But to move…

A true-life story, the author prefers to remain anonymous.

Government of Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) New England, Freetown and United Bank for Africa Foundation (UBAF) PRESS RELEASE November 13th, 2020 National Essay Competition The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the United Bank for Africa Foundation (UBAF) today launch a National Essay Competition for SSS3…

If you have ever had a cold or the flu, then you already know about an upper respiratory virus. The common cold is the most well-known upper respiratory infection (URI) while the #COVID-19 infection is a lower respiratory infection. Usually, the main cause of this type of infection are #viruses and bacteria. Most URI are contagious…

The concept of leadership in itself is not unique in our society today. Everyone you meet that has a general understanding of adulthood, has their perception of who a leader is. Most times, these different perspectives especially in our society today are flawed by the concept of hierarchy; simply put the concept of a boss…

Kaata Minah, wanted a second child. This was supposed to be easy, get pregnant, have a baby, raise the child. Sadly everything did not pan out as told in classic novels, it became an emotional roller coaster. In Part One, we spoke about the background leading to the story , our mission in raising awareness…

A rainbow baby is a baby born after a miscarriage, stillborn, or neonatal death.  It is called a rainbow baby because it is like a rainbow after a storm: something beautiful after something scary and dark. Every year, Since 2002 the 9th -15th  October is termed Baby Loss Awareness Week . This aims to raise awareness about…

Victims live among us like an average child or adult. Sometimes they cause attractions through drunkenness, mental illness or other vital behaviours. Most don’t tell their stories, and often time we learn about their lives through whispers and gossips. We have a trained culture of silence and disgrace in public. As Africans, we were always…