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FINALLY, THE BREAST FEEDING TIPS YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
Breast milk is the best nutrition a mother can offer her newborn baby. Breastfeeding offers tremendous health benefits to both a mother and her baby. It is specially designed to cater for all a child’s nutritional needs in the first six months of life. I breast fed my daughter for seven hundred days, which is twenty three months, and during that period we never visited the hospital for any ailment. No money was spent on medications because my breast-milk was her medicine while also building her immune system. Odenke Amos is a lawyer with a background in alternative dispute resolution. This year she celebrated one year of starting…
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CALL ME DOCTOR- CHEF & THEN WE CAN STEP INTO JALIKA’S KITCHEN
I come from a family of 7, my twin sister and I being the last born. My parents were total opposites in dealing with us, my mom being the strict catholic mom, and Dad always playing the good cop (haha). So I would say we had a very balanced upbringing. We had a comfortable life thanks to sacrifices made by my parents. They always made sure we had what we needed (note: not wanted, neededJ). That influences my values on what is important in life to this day, and I am forever grateful for that. I knew I wanted to be a doctor at age 7, watching the show ER…
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READING BETWEEN THE LINES: 8 QUOTES FROM NOMPUMELELO AFRIKA GCABA
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads only lives once – George R. R. Martin Growing up with a love for books, Nompumelelo Afrika Gcaba has lived many lives through the stories she read. Nowadays she fully embodies the above quote as her mantra for life . She leads a colourful life, wearing many hats as a writer, activist and feminist. Nompumelelo is a passionate speaker who has addressed thousands of audiences in different parts of Africa and has appeared on numerous programs including Television programs such as The BBC Africa News. She is an avid activist for women and girls…
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NIEMATULAI’S GUIDELINES TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR
‘My mother always looked radiant and beautiful in the kitchen, wearing her ‘Lappa’ (a T-shirt and a head wrap). She reminded me of a ‘Shining Star’. She was always so stunning’. My fondest memory was the day I used my lunch money to buy twelve yards of fabric for her. She sewed for herself and made a beautiful outfit. I was so proud to have contributed to that and that feeling stayed with me for a long time. I feel that pride whenever I am able to lend beauty to others through fashion.” Niematulai is a successful entrepreneur with over twenty years of professional business experience. She has combined her…
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MEET SIERRA LEONE’S YOUTH AMBASSADORS – 2018/2019
We are very pleased to announce that our Founder and Publisher; Ariana Oluwole and other Sierra Leonean trail blazers were awarded as Sierra Leone’s 100 Most Influential Youths and Ambassadors by FePYoCAN in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and the National Youth Commission (NaYCom) The Federation of Patriotic Youth and Child Advocacy Network ( FePYoCAN) Is a national youth organization symbolically embedded across the country. FePYoCAN introduced West Africa’s first ever print and online youth magazine known as the Sierra Youth Magazine. FePYoCAN through the Sierra Youth Magazine identified Sierra Leone’s 100 Most Influential Youth 2018/19. The awards were given on Tuesday…
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MASADA WASTE TRANSFORMERS -TURNS WASTE INTO OPPORTUNITIES
In Sierra Leone as in many other developing countries, the citizens struggle with waste collection best practices. In 2013, Sierra Leoneans excitedly welcomed the services of Masada , a waste management company with aspirations to convert waste to energy. Since then, the company has become a household name in handling waste management issues and supporting the waste management ecosystem, working towards monetising and adding immense value to the city’s waste. In 2015, Masada entered into a partnership with Dutch Company, The Waste Transformer to form the JV, The Masada Waste Transformers, to develop and implement a waste to energy project that will unlock the potential of biogas in Sierra Leone…
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SIERRA LEONEAN ARTIST : ALFRED TAYLOR CREATES HYPER- REALISTIC DRAWINGS WITH A BALL POINT PEN
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau Meet Alfred Taylor, a Sierra Leonean ball point artist whose work is making waves! He creates hyper- realistic drawings that leaves his audiences thankful for art and lovers of creativity, enthusiastic about the future of Sierra Leonean artists. Creativity for Alfred means taking risks, ignoring doubt and facing fears. He believes that to be identified as a creative, one must have these three qualities: Imagination Motivation Ambition When Taylor puts pen to paper , he translates into another realm. For him ball point art is unusual and so easy to settle into. He draws his inspiration from…
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UNEARTHING THE ELEMENTS OF ‘THE CHEMISTS’
Passion, creativity, and resilience are the most crucial skills in business. If you’ve got those, you’re ready to embark on the journey.” -Jo Malone, Founder of Jo Malone Let’s get today started with some lights, sounds and fireworks from THE CHEMISTS! When Emeric Elliott, an MBA graduate (from Heriott Watt University in UK) returned to Sierra Leone to manage his father’s printing and photocopying business – Genet and Partners. He was to be a realtor on the side. But in his mind, he was brewing a storm- a reaction that was to be the ‘talk of the town’. He was nurturing an idea, that will not only bring ‘cool people’ together…
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FOLLOWING YOUR PASSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Hands up if you took an okada (commercial motorbike) to work this morning. If its per the usual; the rider must have sped beyond limit. Took sharp turns and could barely wait for you to pay. ‘Passenger duya, try for mi’ When was the last time you waited hours to process one small document, at a large government office? Do you remember that one time, you decided to have faith in the fruit lady? What did she do? Sell you a bag of rotten mangoes! Now let’s get real honest, the reason you hate math’s, barely has anything to do with the subject but its presenter- the teacher. That messenger of…
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MEET YAKAMA MANTY JONES- A YOUNG LEADER, INSPIRING PORTFOLIO CAREERS
Yakama Manty Jones is a Sierra Leonean woman with a passion for education and development, both in the personal and economic sense. Having being groomed from an early age by her parents, Sanah Jonhsen Mara and Zaria Amina Mara on the importance of education, she finds everything that has to do with learning and acquiring new knowledge and skills very attractive. So over the years, in the formal education space, she pursued learning with great tenacity. At no point did she ever want to have less than the best possible grade in any subject. So you can imagine how frustrated she was at receiving C grades in arts and crafts.…
