Save the Children and Government Hand Over Upgraded Health Post in Port Loko
Sia Lucy Kannah International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO), Save the Children and the Government of Sierra Leone have officially handed over a newly refurbished and expanded Maternal and Child Health Post (MCHP) to the people of the Rogballan Kasseh community in Port Loko District.
The milestone marks the completion of an extensive infrastructure project that has successfully upgraded eight vital health facilities across the Port Loko and Pujehun Districts since last year, divided equally with four renovations in each district.
The initiative was executed in close collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone and local partners, with crucial funding and support provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
For rural communities in Port Loko, the upgraded facility represents a lifeline. The refurbishment explicitly targets the vulnerabilities faced by infants, mothers, and pregnant women by reducing travel times and providing a safer, modern space for clinical care.
“We believe that every child deserves a healthy start in life,” Save the Children noted in a statement marking the handover. “These investments are helping more children, mothers, and pregnant women access the care they need, when they need it most.”
By pairing structural upgrades with the clinical tools and training necessary to sustain them, the partnership aims to drastically improve the quality of maternal and neonatal survival outcomes in areas that have historically faced severe resource constraints.
Local leadership and community members welcomed the handover, noting that the modernized facility will fundamentally transform how healthcare is accessed and delivered in the region.