STOP FGM

A great news I want absolutly share with you all. My tenacity, my lack of fear and my faith in life is bringing in fruits. Many kisses to all. Minutes of the meeting with the district leaders (chiefs) of Tonkollili and the section chief with the district...

I have just returned from Africa, or more exactly from our initiation, a friend, Reita, and 95 little girls having accompanied me. What are the Bondos women? They are a society of very well-known and influential women in Sierra Leone. Most of the women...

Here I am at the beginning of November, back from Masanga, and once again full of energy thanks to the success of my anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) programme. It is still difficult to believe that this has worked so well and so fast. Up till today...

Yes you are not dreaming, this is Ya Sampa indeed, the most highly respected woman around, chief among the "Bondos women" (in bleu), bringing those little twins to our program. She does not want them to be excised. Our initiative keeps gathering steam!...

What do those who carry out female genital mutilation think ? To my right, sitting tightly next to me Ya Sampa. She is the "bondos" chief in Masanga, the most influential woman in the neighbourhood. I will not go into greater detail except to say that...

The infant school is now nearly finished Michael is back. He has been working continuously for 3 months to ensure that the school is ready in September this year. He was able to construct a double roof which allows the heat to escape which is a first...

Each journey is different and the programme which opposes female genital mutilation is increasingly successful. Development in the country which is only slowly emerging from war, is being felt not only in a material way but also in social terms. Communications...

Winter 2006 In winter 2006 I travel to Sierra Leone for three months.Actually, I was not alone all the time because I had three sponsor women by my side for three weeks. They were delighted to meet their godchildren and their families, to see the village...

In winter 2007-2008 we find a land to built the kindergarten school. The chief of Masanga village and all the villages are coming to see what's happend. After hours of discution with the onners of the land, MEA sign all the paper in front of a lot of...

The Kindergarten I feel immense emotion arranging/preparing these photos. These are classroom activities which are normal here with us but are not the norm for Masanga. They have never had activities such as these. With each journey we make, we try to...