Our partnership with Accessible Hope International

Women with disabilities in Sierra Leone are among the highest group of individuals who are victim to being marginalized and ostracized from their communities. This is a direct result of the pervasive beliefs and attitudes that exist about disability in Sierra Leone and neighboring countries. This places these women at high risk for extreme poverty, relational isolation, gender-based violence and abuse, and poor health.

One Day’s Wages partnered with Accessible Hope International to provide wholistic health and development education to women living with a form of disability in Sierra Leone. This was done through a variety of programming focused on helping women understand their inherent value, repair and restore broken relationships, change fundamental health and hygiene practices, learn basic business skills, and overall empowered these women. The signature programming offered through our partnership named the Transformation Training, provided 76 women living with disabilities enrollment in a 15-week course. This course assisted women with evaluating their current thoughts and attitudes and make conscious and subtle shifts in their thinking resulting in a productive change in their behaviors.