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517) A Health Care Centre for Ladiou
- a West African rural village of 5500 inhabitants - Today we present an exceptional contribution to our newsletter:
1) exceptional for the high quality of the centre - its remote location
2) far from other health care services :
the long standing collaboration between the President of SEDELAN Maurice Oudet and the originator of the project, Birgitta Amoroso, retired official of the European Commission, volunteer in Burkina Faso and colleague of SEDELAN.
For over 10 years she has translated all newsletters published in our weekly newsletter abcburkina.net into English, putting her long professional experience at our service. She has now completed the construction of a primary health care centre for Ladiou, as a tribute to the local population, adding a touch of her past Here is her opening address from the official inauguration
516) The story of a life.
Pregnant and expelled by her family she becomes a scapegoat for others
In my last newsletter I reported: “For two years now young women living a rough life are coming to see me in my office. They are either single mothers, or girls sent away by their family because of their pregnancy, the father refusing to recognise his responsibility. Very often they do not know where to turn. Sometimes these young women take refuge with a maternal aunt or grandmother or a friend. And most of the time they are also the victims of a ban. There is among the Mossi a ban that is still very , much alive and “ at work ”. It is a death threat against men of a family who do not evict a daughter at a premarital pregnancy. This ban is still very much observed.
515) They have chosen life
TO LIVE IS TO CHOOSE
LET US CHOOSE LIFE
LET US HELP THEM TO CHOOSE LIFE
For two years now young girls plagued by the many hardships of their lives have come to my office. They are either single mothers or pregnant young women who have been rejected by their families when the future father has refused to recognise his responsibility. Sometimes they do not know where to turn. More often they seek refuge with a maternal aunt or grandmother or a friend.
