Jayme Doll: The Africa Project
Global Calgary reporter Jayme Doll recently returned from an exciting trip to Sierra Leone, as part of The Shaw Africa Project.
While abroad, Jayme helped mentor African journalists, in hopes they’ll begin reporting on more human rights issues faced in Sierra Leone.
Her trip in February 2013 was in partnership with Journalists for Human Rights.
WATCH: Building a sanitary landfill in Sierra Leone
A Canadian woman is helping Sierra Leone build its first sanitary landfill. Right now there are only two forms of waste disposal: burn it or drop it. But that is about to change.
WATCH: Canadian yoga instructor helps men find peace in age old practice
Canadian yoga instructor Heather Weaver is helping a group of men in Sierra Leone to heal, after a traumatic civil war.
WATCH: Little help for those with mental health issues in Sierra Leone
Up to a half million people in Sierra Leone suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, depression or substance abuse problems.
It’s the result of a brutal civil war there in 2002.
Even though that was 11 years ago, the majority of them still have not been treated.
WATCH: A Canmore-based agency aids pregnant women in Sierra Leone
According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 8 women in Sierra Leone will die during child birth.
It’s shocking numbers like that which have prompted a Canmore-based agency to help improve maternal health in Sierra Leone.
WATCH:Young offenders help rebuild a school in Sierra Leone
Some unlikely Canadians have pulled together to make change in a far away corner of the world.
Children in a crowded classroom in Mamudia, Sierra Leon have been given new hope, thanks to a group of young offenders in Canada.
WATCH: Jayme Doll speaks about her travels on the Global Calgary Morning News:
READ: Jayme Doll’s Africa Blogs
Mental illness a crisis in Sierra Leone
GALLERY:
Jayme Doll in northern Sierra Leone with a group of village children.
A welcoming dance in a remote village.
Walking through the town of Makeni, with journalism students and their professor.
Proof that Toms does send their shoes to Africa!
Educating the ‘girl child’ is a top priority of many non-profits working in Sierra Leone.
Mental illness patients are often chained, since the facilities in Sierra Leone don’t have access to padded restraints or medication.
Jayme meets with Sierra Leonean journalist Matthew Kanu.
Jayme, with students at the University of Makeni.