More details about the visit courtesy of Awoko newspaper online.
The visit was in line with the visit made by the Bank’s President last year to scale up support to tackle the ebola outbreak.
At the Aberdeen Women Center, where the visit started on Thursday with officials of the Bank , was taken on a conducted tour of the facilities by Dr Jerindine George. The Vice President spoke with the hospital staff on the operations of the center. She was told how beneficial the center is to poor women in the country. Madam Wardell appreciated services the center has been rendering to women and commended the staff for giving quality treatment to women and children.
At the St Georges Children’s Orphanage Center, the Vice President interacted and sang with the children who are orphans and Ebola survivors. The children who were traumatised felt relieved after Madam Wardell interacted and read books together with them.
The Director of the Center , Justina Zainab Conteh, explained that the children are traumatised but with their persistent physococial support given they are coping with life.
She said the center is a non-governmental organisation which started operations in 2004 for street children. She added that for the past six months they have registered 2000 children and have helped over 700 children with packages and unification with their families.
After socializing with the children, the Vice President, commended the children for the song they sang for her and for the staff for taking good care of the children.
One of the children, Aminata Lappia, thanked the Vice President and her team for the visit and hoped that more support will be given to the centre to restore happiness in their lives as most of them are orphans and Ebola survivors.
At the Kerry Town Ebola Treatment Center, she was also taken on a tour by the Operations Director, Ascension Martinez of the facilities. She was told of the combination of different workers that has led to the many success stories of the centre.
Madam Martinez stated that currently there are six patients at the centre as has over 200 has been discharged.
In an interview after the visit, she expressed satisfaction of what she saw from all the places she visited and people she met.
She commended the President and the people of Sierra Leone for their commitment and support to contain the Ebola virus.
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