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Staying in Masanga January 2019
A three-people trip this time because Véronique, who controls the association's accounts, accompanied Renata and me. It is important that people come to the site and realize the situation on the ground, the work done and the difficulties, especially counting...
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BYE TOLO
Our beloved coordinatore is living Dear Tolo, Dear son of heart and friend, Director of Masanga MEA Association Your soul flew to other heavens Far too soon But it is God who is the most powerful And who called you back to him And we can only respect...
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Kindergarten construction
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...
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KINDERGARTEN 2007
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...
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Last jounrney in Masanga 2008-2009
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...
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What do those who carry out female genital mutilation think?
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...
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Last Masanga school pictures
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...
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First FGM approch in Masanga Winter 2006
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...
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Second Bondo ceremony in Masanga WITHOUT FGM
It’s the day of the registration of the girls for this 2nd ceremony of the women Bondos and Ya Ramatu Fornah is very proud to be the first woman in Sierra Leone to reject her role and practice of excision. As godmother of our program she feels even more...
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My Bondos initiation in Masanga
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...
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An exciseuse which militates against the excision
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!...
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MEA kindergarden place
We are happy to present you the MEA (Masanga Education and Assistance) garden of Masanga. The works advanced well this winter. Michael made build a kitchen, a dining hall and a house for the guard as well as a well. The school kitchen According to their...
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The 4th Bondo ceremony in Masanga
I had never traveling in Masanga in April, it's a hot month and above all very very dusty. Circulating behind a truck on a track I find myself in an orange-red mist, no there is absolutely more nothing. All took the same colour; nothing is even an exception...
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September and October 2009, my sojourn in Masanga
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...
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The third Bondo ceremony WITHOUT excision
That's it! We organized and financed the 3rd ceremony of the Bondos women WITHOUT the practice of the excision. So we protect an ancestral tradition consisting of dances, singings and teaching through theatrical games. The goal is that everything is made...
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Autumn 2010 in Masanga
How incredibly exciting this last trip was! I left with Renata, a wonderful Italian friend. We worked like dogs, but at the end the results were really extremely positive. More than 200 young girls have been saved from excision! Our arrival in Masanga...
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Small girls waiting for a sponsor
M’Balu Kamara, 2005. Live in Masanga. Hawanatu Koroma, 2002. Live in Masanga. Marie Kamara 2, 2002. Live in Masanga. Fatmata Fornah, 2003. Live in RogbomLine Isatu Fornah, 2004. Live in RogbomLine Hassanatu Kamara , 2005. Live in Makarr with her aunty....
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Masanga September 2011
Hello everybody! I spent all September in Masanga but this time I was under a steady rain and a rate of 100% humidity . The jeep offered to us by Gaznat à Aigle finally arrived on the spot (not charged on the planned boat, problems of mooring and fight...
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My stay in Masanga January 2013
My stay in Masanga - January 2013 We left in 4. Renata who enormously supported me for 3 weeks, Florence and Laurie and me. Florence and Laurie spent one week in the bush with the Bondo women and 60 girls and became shama Sama ans shama Yenke. Laurie...
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MEA School extension
Expansion of our school in Masanga How many girls suffer genital mutilation every year? How many of them are not entitled to education and medical care? We are disgusted, discouraged and outraged, but there will be no change without concrete action. For...
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Pierre-Louis Masanga traveling
At the request of the NGO(NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION) MASANGA EDUCATION ASSISTANCE, I spent two weeks in Masanga, Sierra Leone, at the beginning of September starting period of the school year, to make a report photos on the 250 children that MEA Organisation...
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Visit to Masanga - January 2020
Three of us left this year in January 2020: my partner Daniel, our friend René and me. It was fun to have two men taking care of all the upkeep work that never ends. In fact, the word “maintenance” is not well-known in the local African vocabulary. They...
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2017 in Masanga
For this trip we went to 4. Renata, who is responsible for our school and the continuing education of the local teachers, my granddaughter Shanice who will make a film about our program and organize creative activities in 1st child class, Manon who organizes...
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How to proced for sponsoship or donation
How to proceed for the sponsorship or donations Just send me your complete address, eventually the name of the child you want help, how much you want to send to him and the frequency. I will send you a picture and his complete dates and regularly information...
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To became a Bondo from Renata
To became a Bondo The meeting with the Bondo women happened during my first trip to Masanga in September 2010 had left inside me a deep mark… .the desire to meet them again and accept their invitation to become a Bondo. I realized a strength, an involvement,...