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The Quiet Grief at Work: How Pregnancy Loss Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace
When the email came in marked “urgent,” Maya was already back at her desk, two weeks after losing her pregnancy. The office hummed as usual. Her body ached, her mind floated in and out of focus, but she told no one. “I didn’t want to be the woman who could not cope,” she says. Stories like Maya’s are common, and they rarely appear in annual reports or staff newsletters. Yet pregnancy loss ,miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, or failed surrogacy touches nearly one in four pregnancies, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. It is an invisible crisis in modern work culture, one that quietly drains productivity, fractures team cohesion,…
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Plantmamasl’s Garden Therapy: A Digital Detox Teens Love
On the 29th July 2025, something special bloomed in the heart of Sierra Leone. Plantmamasl, a homegrown wellness and nature-based initiative, hosted the very first Unplug and Sprout. A one-of-a-kind garden-themed retreat for pre/teens. The idea was simple but powerful: step away from screens, step into nature, and grow from the inside out. It is no secret that our world is dominated by screens, this event gave teens the rare chance to reconnect with themselves, each other, and the world around them. But it was not just about fun. This was a bold response to a growing mental health crisis linked to too much screen time. Why We Need to…
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BE LIKE DANIELLA BOIMA GARRICK: DARE TO SHINE
Daniella Boima Garrick ,Miss Albinism Africa 2025 . She stands tall and hopeful in a world that too often struggles to embrace difference. Her story is not just about overcoming obstacles; it is about daring to exist boldly, to illuminate what too many keep in the shadows. Growing up in Sierra Leone, Daniella remembers how the world would pause and stare, whisper, question her belonging. “It wasn’t always easy to look in the mirror and love what I saw,” she confesses. She wasn’t just facing the challenges of being young and different; she was shouldering the sting of exclusion that so many with albinism know too well. In Africa, where…
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VAGINA DIARIES: Shhh! Don’t Say It Out Aloud
Vagina, my vagina, your vagina and our vaginas deserve the well-earned respect they have embodied for eons of years, pre-dating many centuries, cultures, taboos and myths. Lamentably, they can be termed the most misunderstood organ in the body, like their counterpart (the penis); normalized with derogatory under-tones, painfully ugly terminology, this or that, often called out in hushed tones. These behaviours almost depicting how offensive these body parts are seen by some societies, people and their idea of religion. Scratch that, the above narrative, a few decades ago in some other cultures will be held as a contrary view- perhaps in these spaces – our sexual and reproductive organs…
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OLD PHOTOS OF SIERRA LEONE EXHIBITION: 10th – 12th SEPTEMBER 2021
What is this exhibition about? The Old photos of Sierra Leone exhibition is a display of unique and treasured images of the past of our beloved Sierra Leone for anyone and everyone to see. There are photos of significant events, icons and places that have been preserved, but most of which are not publicly available to Sierra Leoeans, especially the young people, and non Sierra Leoneans that are interested in knowing our history. The exhibition is a great opportunity to learn a thing or two about Sierra Leone through the displayed photos. There will be roughly around 200 images on display. The timeline for which they are covered is from…
