The document provides information on the work of an organization called commit and act in Sierra Leone. It discusses several of their key projects including providing shelter and counseling to sexually abused girls, supporting teenage mothers and their babies, and providing educational support and livelihood training to communities and families impacted by Ebola and the civil war. It highlights the challenges faced in Sierra Leone including high rates of sexual violence, teenage pregnancy, poverty and impacts of past conflicts. The organization aims to promote child rights, empower communities, and help rebuild after disasters through their social work.

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8. SIERRA LEONE:
OUR LOCAL TEAM & PARTNER.

9. Unsere PARTNERIN
VOR ORT
HANNAHBOCKARIE
Founder and Director of commit and act SL
Bacherlor of Arts Social Work
ACBS Trainer
Psychotherapist
commit and act foundation SL
175 Towama Road
Bo City, Sierra Leone

10. ABOUT SIERRA LEONEThe most beautiful beaches worldwide, rich in resources.

11. A COUNTRY WITH
Traditions and Culture

12. THERE hAVE BEEN
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
towards our country.
Sierra Leone is still one of the poorest countries in the world.

13. IMPACT OF THE WAR
Loss of human lives and properties. Displacement of people
and destruction of environment. Decline of the economy and
destruction of infrastructure.

14. Impact by EBOLA
Approx. 4000 deaths. Many children in Sierra Leone have
lost one or both parents to Ebola.
An economic break down followed.

15. CORRUPTION
It has many different shapes as well as many various
effects, both on the economy and the society at large.

16. IMPACT BY EXPLOITATION
Many industries bring the promise of economic growth and
social development, they have, in many cases, instead
contributed to the devastation of the countries’ governance systems
and economic structures, which has led to an increase in poverty in resource-rich areas.

17. IMPACT WATERACCESS
Sierra Leoneans collect most of their drinking water from polluted sources.
Pollutants and poor sanitation are attributed to some of the health problems in
the country. Sierra Leone is one of the toughest countries to survive in.

18. IMPACT HEALTH CARE
For many years Sierra Leone was in last place in the UN
Development Programme's Human Development Index
because of its poor health indicators.

19. AREAS OF CONCERN
1. Low level of education
2. Hunger
3. Less opportunities for young people
4. Access to electricity
5. Child labor
6. Poor Infrastructure conditions (roads and public transport)
7. Human Trafficing
8. Commercial sex work

20. VOICES OFVIOLENCE
WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR STORIES TO END IT.
Girls that are sexually abused and women that are raped are highly
traumatized.
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21. GBV i RAPE
In Sierra Leone women and girls are faced with violence and
marginalisation. SL is ranked 179th in the GBV Index reflecting
the significant inequalities that women and girls face in society.

22. GBV i ABUSE
UN Woman estimates that 45% of Sierra Leone’s
population has experienced intimate partner violence
showing alarming rates.

23. GBV i VIOLENCE
GBV “refers to any act that is perpetrated against a person’s
will. It encompasses threats of violence and coercion.
It can be physical, emotional, psychological, or sexual in nature.

24. TEENAGE PREGANCY
Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of
teenage pregnancy in the world.

25. fgm
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been internationally
recognized as a violation of the rights, health and integrity of
women and girls.

26. AMPUTEES i DISABLED
Insufficient care for those who have been badly
effected by the civil war.

27. PLASTIC WASTE
Plastic waste is a major problem in the slums bordering
Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital city. Water sachets ,empty
bottles and jerry cans litter the streets and clog up drains,
causing flooding in disaster-prone areas.

28. WIE WIR UNS EINBRINGENHintergründe, Partner, Prozesse, unsere Arbeit vor Ort in Sierra Leone
und wie wir und andere versuchen die Welt ein Stückchen besser zu
machen.

29. PROJECTS and PARTNERS
ONE DAY e.V.
provides funds for an
Ebola affected
community, who
suffered by losing 38
adults. 93 Ebola
orphans have been
supported, 7 teachers
are employeed and
provided scholarschip.
PROJECTSFOR
E B O L A
AFFECTED
commit and act
provides funds to offers
ACTS PRO SOCIAL trainings
to reduce violence within
the country. They work with
couples, social workers,
health workers and teachers.
Invests in capacity building
and supervision.
ACTS
PRO SOCIAL
DARE TO CONNECT
T R A I N I N G S
KINDERMISSIO
provides funds to take
care of 200 girls per year
in the girlsshelter.
Abused girls find support
and shelter for min. 21
days and on going
support by social
workers.
G I R L S
SHELTER
ONE DAY e.V.
provides funds to take
care of 80 pregnant
girls below the age of
18. These girls got
pregnant as result of
rape. Babies and
mothers find support.
BABYSHELTER
H O PE

30. GIRLSSHELTER
FundeD by KINDERMISSION
In COOPERATION WITH commit and ACT, Aschaffenburg

31. THE COMMIT AND ACT, GIRLS SHELTER
• In partnership with Kindermissionwerk, Commit and Act Foundation is
providing temporal shelter for sexually abused girls.
• While providing interim care for sexually abused girls, care givers and
social workers also provide counseling to restore dignity abused girls and
also build their confidence for the legal proceedings.
• This has helped to promote child protection and child rights. The
organization has retained the service of a lawyer to provide legal service
for girls who are victims of sexual violence or torture.

32. SHELTER KEY ACTIVITIES
• Provide individual counseling l group counseling
• Provide psychosocial support to clients
• Provide medication l medical treatment for clients by CHO at the shelter
• Provide dignity kits
• Provide food and non food items
• Provide livelihood support to the clients
• Provide educational support
• Provide legal Aid to clients
• Provide temporary shelter to those who have been abused
• Reunify clients to their biologicial parents

33. Commit and ACT, SL
This is our center in Bo. A shelter for raped and abused girls,
a shelter for mothers and babies as well as offices and a training location.

34. GIRLS SHELTERWe offer shelter to raped and abused girls.

35. COLLECT ClientSWe collect our clients at the family support unit FSU or
at the police station.

36. ENROLlMENT
As soon as women or girls are referred to the shelter,
a social worker is taking all data to enroll her case.

37. DATA TO REPORT
Our social worker is collecting all data to follow up
and to support.

38. MEDICAL EXAMINATION
We accompany our clients for medical examination by the
doctors at the Bo government hospital.

39. DIGNITY KITS
Our clients receive dignity kits.
Toiletries, fresh clothing while they stay with us.

40. COUNSELLING
We offer counselling sessions using ACT to help our clients
identify their values beyond the pain.

41. ACT THERAPY
With psychosocial support using the Act approach, clients choose to be happy
and they accept the pain behind the abuse and move to a valued direction.
Our social workers using the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

42. CHO FOR MECIALCARE
We provide medical support to all clients within the shelter.

43. GROUP COUNSELLING
In these sessions girls can open up to each other.
They can talk to girls who have experienced the same.

44. SHARING EXPERIENCES
To empower them and cope with the trauma.

45. LUNCH TIME
During the time at the shelter, we preparing 3 meals a day
for the girls and having a daily routines.

46. INDOOR & OUTDOOR GAMES
As part of the play therapy.

47. TRAUMA SENSETIVE YOGAand mindfulness to support the recovery process of our girls.

48. BRINGING BACK JOY
Face painting, dancing, singing, visiting church or the mall.
There is a life waiting after the pain.

49. STUDY TIME
During the time at the shelter, we preparing the girls
to continue school.

50. CHILD RIGHT ACT
We empower the girls to know their rights.
Likewise “my body, my rights”

51. LIVELIHOOD
Empower parents and caregivers with funds to start
small scale business to support our clients.

52. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
We empower clients with educational support.

53. MEDIATION
We do mediation between parents/caregivers and our clients
to promote peace and unity to create a safe place for our clients

54. ACCOMPANY
Our social workers joining clients to necessary appointments.
Therefore we provide mobility by car.

55. POLICE i CASE MANAGEMENT
We join our clients to police. To support the case going to court, identyfing the
pepretrators at the scene of crime.

56. AT COURT
Our social workers joining clients to court,
to support and oversee necessary steps.

57. COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT
We do community engagement and use the Pro Social Approach to enable
communites work together for the best interest of the children.

58. FAMILY TRACING
To ensure we bring our clients back in safe family
structures, we do family tracing and assess reunification location first.

59. SYMBOLIC REUNIFICATION
Bringing girls back in their communities to avoid stigma and
encourage future care, support and awareness.

60. FOLLOWUP VISITS
We do follow ups on all our clients to ensure safety
and well-being.

61. HOPE BABY SHELTER
funded by ONE DAY e.V. ASCHAFFENBURG

62. HOPE SHELTER
We support mothers under the age of 18 who became pregnant as a result
of sexual penetration. We offer medical support and babyfood supply to
support the mothers and ensure well-being of the babies.

63. Caesarean sectionFrom a medical point of view, teenage pregnancy is terribly risky.
Teenage mothers are estimated to be 40-60% more likely to die in childbirth.

64. FINDING EACH OTHEROur social workers and care takers supporting mother and baby to find a way
together. We support with counselling, training and a safe place for all clients.

65. HEALTH EDUCATION SESSION
We offer health education to our girls to help them with the knowledge
how to take care of themselves and the babies. We also promote hygiene.

66. IMMUNIZATION BABIES
We provide vaccine to minimize health complications.

67. BABYmILK SUPPORT
Mothers who became pregnant out of rape
will be supplied with babyfood to avoid malnutrition and
help them to go back to school.

68. TRAINING FOR CAREGIVERS
We empower caregivers on the knowledge of good parenting.
All this creates a safe place for mother and child.

69. SURGERYS AFTER BIRTH
If mothers or babies are faced with complication,
we take over responsibility for surgeries, which have
to be done at hospital.

70. DIGNITY KITS
When girls arrive at the HOPE shelter and when they
leave, they receive dignity kits with blanket, soap, baby powder
and other necessary items.

71. REUNIFICATION
“It takes a village to raise a child”

72. ENCOURAGE SCHOOLING
We support and strongly encourage our girls to go
back to school, start trainings or businesses.

73. FOLLOWUP VISITS
Our social workers meet our HOPE babies and mothers
regularly at the shelter or at their homes.

74. NUMBEROF HOPE Babies - 2017
31
28
63
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Boys Girls Total

75. TRAINING AND
CAPACITY BUILDING
FundeD by commit and ACT, ASCHAFFENBURG

76. KEY ACTIVITIES
• Provide counseling for individuals or couples with difficulties, distress,
sadness or anger
• Training counselors and other professionals
• Empowering groups to help themselves or their communities

77. ACT TRAINING
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for different
professionals as a powerful tool. To promote psychological flexibility.

78. PRO SOCIAL TRAINING
For groups, how to work effectively as a group
in best interest of the communities.

79. DARE TO CONNECT
Couples in sessions diffusing their problems and
accepting to support themselves to live a peaceful life

80. DARE TO CONNECT
Pilot workshops for pupils,
in order to minimize violence at schools.

81. TRAIN THE TRAINER
Supervision with the trainer team.
Training of trainers with different ACT processes.

82. EBOLA ORPHANS
funded by ONE DAY e.V.
ASCHAFFENBURG

83. 93 EBOLA ORPHANsWe took over responsibility, encouraged foster parents and rebuilt the school.

84. MEDICAL SUPPORT
Several times per week our medical staff supports Ebola
orphans and extra children

85. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIESAs a child right and to support the recovery process after the trauma
loosing parents due to Ebola.

86. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
To orphans related to Ebola.

87. TEACHERS DEVELOPMENT
We offered scholarship to local teachers to empower them
and to improve the quality of services they offer.

88. SUSTAInABIILTYGoats, sheeps, agriculture projects are managed in a
multipurpose building to ensure community sustainability.

89. SKILL TRAINING
Knowhow in good parenting and hygiene.

90. LIVeLIHOOD SUPPLY
Provided to the caretakers in the community.

91. YOU DON‘t NEED A REASON
TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT …

92. DANKE!