PERSIF Events 2023
PERSIF Events 2023
10th – 20th January, 2023: Symbolic Handing over of Project Sites for the Construction of WASH and Health Facilities
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PERSIF Events 2022
PERSIF Events 2022
3rd – 4th February 2022: Monitoring of Tuition Grant Fees at the Njala University Bo Campus
7th – 19th April, 2022: Training of Community Groups in Former Ebola Hotspot Districts
17th – 29th October, 2022: Training of Trainers for health practitioners in Eastern Technical University (ETU) and College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) / International Health Regulations (IHR)
14th to 21st November 2022: African Development Bank (AfDB) Implementation Supervision Mission
19th – 23rd December, 2022: Capacity Building of Trade Monitors on Business Advisory Services and Information Systems
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PERSIF Events 2021
PERSIF Events 2021
24th – 26th February 2021: Preliminary Discussions with the Njala University Administration for the Management of the Njala Students Tuition Grant Scheme
20th April – 4th May 2021: Training of 220 Healthcare Workers in Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)
12th – 27th July 2021 – Training of Social Workers to Provide Psychosocial Support and Counselling in Communities
16th July – 12th August 2021 – Psychosocial Counselling in EVD and CoVID-19 Hotspots Communities
17th September – 6th October 2021: Identification, Assessment and Confirmation of Rehabilitation/Construction of Sites for WASH and Health Facilities, and Multi-Purpose Trade Facilitation, and Information Learning (MTFIL) Centres in Selected Communities
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PERSIF Events 2020
PERSIF Events 2020
26th August – 11th September, 2020: Identification and Assessment of Communities in Project Beneficiary Districts for Project Interventions
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NJALA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM TUITION GRANT SCHEME
Students of Njala University pursuing Social Work courses have become beneficiaries of the Tuition Grant Scheme instituted by the Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) Project. The Scheme is intended to benefit five hundred and thirty one (531) students of the university. According to Ibrahim S. Kamara, Project Coordinator of the PERSIF Project, the Scheme was introduced for the development of a sustainable national pool of advanced social workers who would in turn be incorporated in the social workforce of the Ministry of Social Welfare. The support to this endeavor covers among other things, the payment of tuition fees for eligible students in order to ease their academic challenges, and serve as an incentive to complete their academic programmes. The potential beneficiaries may at the ended the day enjoy the opportunity of full time employment or field deployment, as may be required from time to time, in communities for the delivery of social services during emergencies such as natural disasters and epidemic outbreaks including EVD and COVID-19.
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SOCIAL WELFARE MINISTER UNVEILS TRAINING OF TRAINERS WORKSHOP
The Minister of Social Welfare, Bendu Dasama Kamara (Mrs.) on Wednesday 19th October, 2022, officially launched the Training of Trainers workshop in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) for health workers in the Eastern Technical University (ETU) and College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) at the Kenema District Council Hall in Kenama City. The Ministry of Social Welfare (MoSW) through the Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) Project, an African Development Bank (AfDB) funded programme, supported the training.
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the capacity of two Health Training Institutions (nursing schools) in the Delivery of Community-based services, including cross-border disease surveillance and response. As one of two institutions to benefit from the training of trainers, ETU was the first recipient of the sessions which earlier commenced on Monday, 17th October, 2022 at the 3K Guest House in Kenema City and concluded on Friday, 21st October, 2022.
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THE PERSIF PROJECT EMPOWERS 220 HEALTHCARE WORKERS
The Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) Project has benefitted two hundred and twenty (220) Healthcare Workers across fifteen (15) communities in the nine (9) beneficiary districts of the Project through training in Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC). IPC practice is a key component in the preparedness and response strategies of disease outbreaks. The purpose of this drive was to enhance the capacity and knowledge of healthcare workers particularly in rural communities in the discipline and practice of IPC to enable them achieve the highest level of effectiveness in preparedness and response to epidemic outbreaks, as well as building their capacity to disseminate important information on IPC practices. Consistent with the development objective of the PERSIF Project, the overall objective of the IPC training was to contribute towards building a robust and resilient national health system with the capacity to withstand any potential recurrence of EVD and related outbreaks in the future.
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RURAL WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION PROJECT
The majority of planned outputs and all outcomes will be achieved. Overall implementation progress is reported as over 80% against an
average commitment of over 90%. There is need to expedite implementation of mission recommendations to ensure appropriate
and timely completion of activities.
Although overall implementation progress has improved since the last supervision mission, there is still need to finalize the outstanding supervision mission recommendations to ensure appropriate closure of project.
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Sierra Leone – 13.5 million project to assist Ebola hit communities kicks off
The African Development Bank and the government of Sierra Leone have launched a project to support 3,000 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors and orphans, and other vulnerable sectors of society in the country.
Through the Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund Project (PERSIF), the Bank is providing $13.5 million in grants from the African Development Fund and the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund. Affected communities have been further hit by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic devastation caused by resulting lockdowns.
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Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund
As the PERSIF project commenced, there has been some progress towards attainment of the Project Development Objective though at slow pace due to delay in the recruitment of consultants to implement activities. However, Main project activities have commenced.
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