AIM 3rd QUARTER PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2025
Executive Summary
This integrated plan aims to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across five chiefdoms in Port Loko and Tonkolili districts through a multi-faceted approach. The strategy combines community advocacy, training of key stakeholders (practitioners, medical/legal personnel, school clubs, chiefdom authorities), livelihood support for women via VSLAs, and psychosocial care. The program is designed to change social norms, provide economic alternatives, enforce legal frameworks, and offer support to victims, ultimately working towards a declaration of zero tolerance in the target communities.
Start Date |
1st September, 2025 |
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Estimated completion date |
20th December, 2025 |
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Program Manager |
Alpha B Y Kamara |
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Project 1: Mitigate to liberate women and girls to End FGM in Masimera and Koya chiefdoms |
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ACTIVITY |
TIME-LINE |
EXPECTED OUTCOMES |
LOCATION |
PERSON[s] RESP |
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Refresher training of the School clubs of influence |
August-September |
50 school clubs of influence will receive refresher training on the effects of FGM and the roles of the school clubs in the dissemination of FGM messages in their schools |
Masimera and Koya Chiefdoms |
Adamsay Sesay & Abdul Rahman Bangura |
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Training of FGM practitioners |
October |
60 FGM practitioners will receive refresher training in a bid to prepare for their declaration |
Masimera & Koya chiefdom |
Adamsay Sesay & Abdul Rahman Bangura |
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Engagement with chiefdom stakeholders on the ARP |
October-November |
Paramount chiefs and other chiefdom stakeholders will be engaged to popularize the Alternative Rite of Passage in Koya & Masimera chiefdoms |
Koya & Masimera chiefdoms |
Abdul Rahman Bangura & Adamsay Sesay |
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Project 2: Strengthening FAHP for the Coordination of FGM activities-Influencing Zero Tolerance in Sierra Leone |
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Support for Anti-FGM husbands’ and mothers’ clubs |
August-Sept. |
60 husbands’ and mothers clubs will be capacitated/supported with new knowledge and skills to carry out their clubs’ activities |
[Bakeh-Loko chiefdom] Thawuya & Magbaini section |
Rebecca I. Cole & Idris L. Kanu |
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MEDICO-LEGAL Training |
August-Sept. |
Medical staff, police officers, and legal practitioners will be trained on the medical implications and legal frameworks of FGM |
Port Loko |
Rebecca I. Cole & Idris L. Kanu |
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Meeting with the chiefdom committee members |
Sept-Oct |
The meeting aimed to strengthen to rally support of committee members to help in the campaign against FGM |
Bakeh-Lokoh chiefdom |
Rebecca I. Cole & Idris L. Kanu |
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Roll-out training of trainers on the FGM manual |
Oct-Nov |
He roll-out training will provide in-depth knowledge on FGM mitigation at the community level for husbands, mothers, adolescent boys and girls, FGM practitioners, and school focal teachers |
Bakeh-Lokoh chiefdom |
Rebecca I. Cole & Idris L. Kanu |
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Project 3: Cotswold Foundation |
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Training of Chiefdom stakeholders |
Sept-Oct |
The training will provide knowledge to 50chiefdom stakeholders on FGM and Gender Based-Violence, and the role of the chiefdom authorities in ending FGM and other gender based violence |
Konkay-Fulawusu [Tonkolili] |
Alpha & Abdul Karim |
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Training of Youths on the Impacts of FGM and GBV |
Oct-Nov |
50 youths [male and female] in Konikay-Fulawusu chiefdom will be trained on the negative effects of FGM and gender based-violence while serving as community change agents |
Konikay-Fulawusu chiefdom [Tonkolili] |
Alpha & Abdul Karim |
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Project 4: Improving livelihood support to rural women |
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Establish, train, and support VSLA groups |
Sept-Oct. |
5 groups [125 women] will be trained and supported to embark on the village savings and loan scheme |
Koya chiefdom in Port Loko & Kpmikay-Fulawusu chiefdom in Tonkolili |
Alpha & Abdul Karim |
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Monitoring of VSLA groups |
Sept-Dec |
25 already established VSLA groups will be monitored to assess progress made |
Koya, Masimera & Bakeh Loko chiefdoms |
M & E team |
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Project 5: Monitoring and Psychosocial support to School clubs of Influence and Orphanage Home |
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Support to school clubs of Influence |
Sept-Dec |
Monitor and support the school clubs of influence in carrying out their school’s activities |
Bakeh-Loko & Maforki chiefdoms |
Hannah Morison, Fatu Momoh & Adamsay Sesay |
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Monitoring and psychosocial support for clients in the care center |
Sept-Dec |
To provide routine monitoring and psychosocial support to the orphaned children at the Interim Care Center |
Rolal II Community-Port Loko |
Hannah Morison, Fatu Momoh & Adamsay Sesay |