Update

Mrs. Laurel Bangura has recently returned from a meeting in Ethiopia to further support the anti-FGM movement. CESMYCO will be returning to Kambia district soon and other new operational areas in Bombali northern providence of Sierra Leone. CESMYCO will also conduct programs with Medical, Judiciary, Legislative, medical and media constituents. CESMYCO is continuing to make progress in developing plans to support women/initiators in the operational areas with Alternative Empowerment Opportunities (AEO Project) in the form of agricultural ventures (economic empowerment for poverty alleviation) in the western areas and Kambia. Bombali (a new location - pictured in blue) and Moyamba District (pictured in red) are also slated for outreach work. CESMYCO will now create anti-FGM schools clubs in schools in operational areas.

CESMYCO Staff

As of 4/17/2010, CESMYCO is run by:

Mrs. Laurel E.A. Bangura, Executive Director
Mrs. Rebecca Belmoh, Secretary
Mr. Alfred Davies, IT Officer & Project Manager
Mrs. Aquilla Thompson, Gender Desk Officer
Mr. Tamba D. Mackieu, Trainer

Photos from Recent Activities

In March 2010, Fordham School of Law's Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic visited Sierra Leone to collaborate with CESMYCO on outreach activities regarding FGM in the Kambia District. Click here to view the album of photos from the trip.

Welcome to our blog!

Thank you for visiting the blog for the Centre for Safe Motherhood Youth & Child Outreach (CESMYCO). We are an NGO working in Sierra Leone to advocate against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)