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TO PROSPER AND BECOME TRULY SELF-RELIANT
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BUT WE CAN HELP SOME
Kære alle
Det har været en meget turbulent periode for vores lille organisation. Vores tidligere leder og bestyrelsesformand, Erik Rasmussen, har igennem en længere periode, været forfulgt af OperationX og det har haft alvorlige konsekvenser for vores vigtige arbejde i Sierra Leone og ikke mindst for alle de vidunderlige mennesker, for hvem vi dagligt arbejder på at forandre livet for. Mennesker der kæmper en daglig kamp for overlevelse i et af verdens fattigste lande. Erik Rasmussen har åbent og ærligt fortalt os om TV2/OperationX’s kritikpunkter af ham, og både Erik og os i bestyrelsen valgte for snart 2 måneder siden at Erik trådte ud af bestyrelsen. Vi var enige om, at det var for belastende for vores organisation, hvis han forsat var en del af den. Selvfølgelig tager vi som organisation afstand for de udtalelser, som der vil blive præsenteret i OperationX’s dokumentar, selvom vi også er kritiske overfor TV2’s arbejdsmetoder.
Vi ønsker Erik alt det bedste fremover og takker for den store indsats, han igennem årene har ydet i vores projekt. Men vi ser også frem til at få ro omkring vores, samt vores lokale partneres vigtige arbejde i Sierra Leone. Når alt kommer til alt er det her vores fokus og vores energi vil blive lagt fremadrettet. Ny formand for foreningen er Zora Saskova, som også er medstifter af Brighter Horizons Project. Hun har desuden et indgående kendskab både til landet, projektet samt til vores lokale partnere.
Bedste Hilsner
– Bestyrelsen i Brighter Horizons Project.
Pink Power – Our partner in Sierra Leone
THINK BIG – THINK PINK
Pink Power is a grassroots movement fighting for human rights of the most vulnerable girls and women in Sierra Leone. Started and led by sex-workers, the initiative is aiming to eliminate violence against girls and women.
- Create awareness about life and conditions of sex workers
- Organizing and mobilizing sex workers to stay united and fight for their human rights
- Running educational campaigns about human rights and how to eliminate oppressive and aggressive behaviour
- Raising awareness about HIV and other STIs
OUR PROGRAMMES
SKILL TRAINING CENTER
Every year we give free education in tailoring hair dressing and computer lessons to more than 50 young women for free, to make them able to have better opportunities in life.
INCLUSION FOR ALL
The disabled in Sierra Leone are marginalized politically and face discrimination in their communities. They are highly stigmatized, don’t have access to jobs and are forced to beg to survive.
TALENT PROGRAMME
There are many children in Sierra Leone who, despite lack of family relations, poverty and a very hard upbringing, have opportunities to succeed if they get the chance.
ABOUT BRIGHTER HORIZONS
Brighter Horizons is a Danish non-profit organization, with mission to help the most vulnerable members of society devastated by war, disease and poverty. Our focus is on providing relief to vulnerable children, street girls and the disabled in Sierra Leone
THE TEAM – BRIGHTER HORIZONS SIERRA LEONE
Mohamed CorgayEducation Coordinator
Vidal KoromaInclussion for All Coordinator
Mohammed KanuFoster Families Coordinator