Our beloved coordinatore is living Dear Tolo, Dear son of heart and friend, Director of Masanga MEA Association Your soul flew to other heavens Far too soon But it is God who is the most powerful And who called you back to him And we can only respect that. Your friend told us that you were like a white There are good and bad white people But you k

My stay in Masanga - January 2013 We left in 4. Renata who enormously supported me for 3 weeks, Florence and Laurie and me. Florence and Laurie spent one week in the bush with the Bondo women and 60 girls and became shama Sama ans shama Yenke. Laurie had any leisure to ask questions for her work of study about the excision in Sierra Leone. The 5th

How to proceed for the sponsorship or donations Just send me your complete address, eventually the name of the child you want help, how much you want to send to him and the frequency. I will send you a picture and his complete dates and regularly information about this program. You can send the sum every month, every 6 month or once a year. We advi

Expansion of our school in Masanga How many girls suffer genital mutilation every year? How many of them are not entitled to education and medical care? We are disgusted, discouraged and outraged, but there will be no change without concrete action. For us, concrete action means going there, investing ourselves fully and integrating with respect to

Three of us left this year in January 2020: my partner Daniel, our friend René and me. It was fun to have two men taking care of all the upkeep work that never ends. In fact, the word “maintenance” is not well-known in the local African vocabulary. They rolled up their sleeves and went to work to the maintenance of the two school buildings and

December 2013. Thre intense weeks due to work and feelings. Isabelle, our new active member who came with me, was a very big help. Her commitment and capacity of adaptation as well as her relationship with the villagers that they appreciated a lot. A future little (young) Bondo woman new generation? We’ll see if she’ll join and take part to a n

For this trip we went to 4. Renata, who is responsible for our school and the continuing education of the local teachers, my granddaughter Shanice who will make a film about our program and organize creative activities in 1st child class, Manon who organizes creative activities with the older children with Renata, and me who spent a lot of time wit

Last News from Masanga for godfathers, godmothers and sponsors of MEA Association An epidemic of Ebola broke out in Sierra Leone. The population has the obligation to remain confined in their own village to avoid a maximum of contact with the infected people. There is no work anymore for the most part of families and the economic conditions are cri

MEA ASSOCIATION Masanga Education and Assistance Active in Sierra Leone, West Africa WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED A KINDERGARTEN THAT ONLY ACCEPTS GIRLS THE PARTENTS OF WHICH HAVE PROMISED TO NEVER HAVE THEM MUTILATED. AND IT WORKS ! TODAY HUNDREDS OF GIRLS PROFIT FROM OUR PROGRAM IN DOZENS OF VILLAGES NUMEROUS MUTILATORS COLLABORATE WITH US LET’S SAVE TH

A three-people trip this time because Véronique, who controls the association's accounts, accompanied Renata and me. It is important that people come to the site and realize the situation on the ground, the work done and the difficulties, especially counting the millions of Leones in small bills. For 5'000 Euro, we don't have a full backpack! This