Her Excellency First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has been featured exclusively in Britain’s leading Black Newspaper, The Voice, in their 40th Anniversary edition that was specially edited by His Majesty King Charles of Great Britain.

Autographed complimentary copies of the Special Edition were on Thursday November 10th 2022, handed over to the First Lady during a community celebration of the successes of H.E. Fatima Maada Bio by Black Women from the Carribean at the prestigious Jamaica National (JN) Bank premises in London.

Handing over the autographed copies to H.E. Bio, the convener of the evening’s celebrations, Madam Paulette Simpson CBE who is the Deputy CEO of JN Bank and one of the distinguished Executive Directors of The Voice Newspaper, told the gathering of influential Women from various parts of World that “Her Excellency Fatima is First Lady of Sierra Leone indeed but by her remarkable activities and the ties that bind us, she is First Lady of all of us Carribean Black Women”.

Paulette Simpson CBE said they were celebrating the successful life of Fatima from arriving in the UK as a refugee to becoming First Lady and now emerging as a powerful voice for the protection of Women and Children, especially Girls.

First Lady Fatima Maada Bio in her response first expressed of how thankful she was to be blessed with H.E. President Dr. Julius Maada Bio as her husband. She said her husband was the wind beneath her wings, her greatest supporter and her best friend who gave her the confidence to tackle issues on the global stage.

First Lady Fatima Maada Bio then spoke of how grateful she was to King Charles and the British Royal Family for the role they played in her life when she first arrived in London as a refugee. She expressed her appreciation and happiness that the King introduced her to The Voice newspaper because King Charles is very proud of her achievements following the financial support she first received as a refugee in 1996 from the Charity of King Charles who was by then the Prince of Wales.