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DESCRIPTION:Don't miss your opportunity to hear from Nurse-Midwife Mary Koroma from 
 Sierra Leone, the dynamic organizer and community leader who has 
 successfully organized hundreds of people in Sierra Leone to participate in 
 a self-determination movement to overturn the legacy of maternal and infant 
 mortality which plagues must of the African continent.\n\nFor a full 
 listing of tour events in other cities, stay tuned 
 at:\nhttp://africasfuturetour.wordpress.com/\nhttp://www.developmentforafrica.org/\n\nThe 
 All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) is 
 honored to announce the U.S. tour of Nurse Mary Koroma, midwife and AAPDEP 
 leader from Sierra Leone, West Africa.\n\nMs Koroma is a trained nurse 
 midwife, a courageous community leader and determined woman who has 
 successfully organized hundreds of people in Sierra Leone to participate in 
 projects to serve the community.\n\nCome hear from Nurse-Midwife Koroma and 
 also a presentation on the work of the All African People's Development and 
 Empowerment Project. \n\nAAPDEP Tour manager Camilla Hippolyte explained, 
 “This is not a charity project. This is a grassroots initiative. We are 
 asking for support and solidarity for the AAPDEP work from the SF Bay Area 
 community. We also see similar conditions facing African women in the US 
 regarding childbirth, infant mortality and maternal health. We want to be 
 able to address those needs as well."\n\n6:30 Welcome & Reception \n7pm 
 Statements by AAPDEP leaders & statement by Samsarah Morgan of the Nia 
 Healing Center\n7:30 Presentation by Nurse Mary Koroma\n8pm Fundraising, 
 Q&A, Close-Out\n\nSponsored by the All African People's Development and 
 Empowerment Project, the African People's Education and Defense Fund, the 
 Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the Oakland Freedom Summer Project, Decolonize 
 Pregnancy and Childbirth. \n\nTo contribute to the tour and/or reserve an 
 information table at the April 21st Bay Area Birth Birth Justice Health and 
 Wellness Fair from 10am to 4pm, part of the tour, go to 
 \n\nhttps://www.wepay.com/x1b0icg/donations/185437\n\nThe fair will take 
 place at the Uhuru House at 7911 MacArthur Blvd in East Oakland.\n\nFor 
 more info about the fair 
 see,\nhttp://www.bayareabirthjusticefair.wordpress.com/\n\nA second Oakland 
 event of the tour will take place on Thursday, April 19th at 6:30pm, also 
 at the Uhuru House in East Oakland. \n\nFor more info, email 
 oakland@uhurusolidarity.org or call 510-394-1780.\n\nMore about AAPDEP in 
 Sierra Leone:\n\nIn a deeply impoverished country where women rarely have 
 the opportunity to give birth in a hospital or under sterile conditions, 
 Nurse Mary has delivered over 3,000 babies without the loss of one mother 
 or child.\n\nIn Sierra Leone Nurse Mary has built a nation-wide network of 
 AAPDEP clinics, offices, nursing schools and self-reliance institutions in 
 every province of the country through the community based AAPDEP 
 organization that involves over 500 mothers, medical workers and community 
 members.\n\nThough Sierra Leone has vast natural resources including 
 diamonds, oil and bauxite, much of the population must subsist on less than 
 a dollar a day. To make sure that the Infant and Maternal Wellness Project 
 can benefit all women regardless of income, Nurse Mary and\nAAPDEP started 
 a cassava farm and fishing projects to raise resources for the clinics and 
 the community. In addition Ms Koroma created a nursing program that 
 recently celebrated its first graduating class.\n\nAAPDEP Tour Manager 
 Camilla Hippolyte explalned, “We are very excited to bring Nurse Mary to 
 the Tampa Bay Area. Nurse Mary is an inspiring and brilliant woman who has 
 built powerful programs on the grassroots level throughout Sierra Leone 
 addressing the very serious issue of maternal and infant 
 wellness.\n\n“What should have been a happy occasion, pregnancy and 
 childbirth has been a time of worry and sorrow for too long. Nurse Mary has 
 organized a movement to change that. \nWe want people to meet Nurse Mary 
 and we are raising money and support for her to be able to continue the 
 work there."\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/31/18710471.php
SUMMARY:Africa's Future in African Hands Tour North Oakland Event
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/31/18710471.php
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