For the past four weeks Mangenda Kamara has been in the UK on a study visit for her PhD with the University of Sierra Leone. UK-based Lucy November and Mangenda have been analysing all the interviews and focus groups which have been taking place over the last year to understand the impact of 2YoungLives on the girls, their families, the various communities and the national stakeholders. They will also take the opportunity for Mangenda to speak at a conference, all related to adolescent health, as well as meeting with friends and colleagues from Kings College London where Lucy and one of Mangenda’s PhD supervisors, Cris Fernandez-Turienzo, is based.
Back in Freetown, our lead co-ordinator, Francess, is running a series of Babymix workshops where the young mothers are shown how to make local nutritious baby food; the sessions have proven very popular, with lots of fun and laughter as well as communicating vital life-saving information – Good job Francess!
