About Luise

What is it like to be pregnant and give birth in Africa? In this blog, our colleague Luise Haunit spends 4 weeks in a remote village in Sierra Leone finding out exactly that.

Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world. From this small village called Kpawaman, an eight hour journey from the capital Freetown, Luis blogs about the pregnant women and young mothers she meets, their daily lives, their fears and hopes.

Through this blog, Luise wants to raise awareness of the Child Health Now campaign, which aims to reduce the number of children who die every day from preventable causes such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and childbirth complications.