In the rural part Sierra Leone where we are working the risk of death giving birth is 1 in 4 - much higher than the national average.

Breast feeding is the ONLY way a baby can survive and in most cases there is no one in the immediate family who can do this.Many relative just watch as the baby fades and dies.

In the west this is not a problem we have easy and cheap access to formula milk, however in Sierra Leone formula milk is way beyond any one's reach.

Fresh Hope take in these hopeless babies and provide formula milk, clothing, medical care and a well balanced diet as they are weaned. One of our most expensive items for the Rescue Centre is imported Formula Baby Milk. We could take-in and rescue dozens more babies if we had regular donators contributing to this fantastically rewarding project. The whole key to sustainability is regular monthly support.

We currently have 13 babies in our care that otherwise would have died. We work in relationship with and take referrals from the MSF Hospital (Médecins Sans Frontières) at Godama, not far from Bo.

We currently have an opportunity (1 year at least)  for a self-financing Paediatric Missionary nurse to head up and train our staff. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to be considered for this role.

4 of babies are now toddlers and are attending Zion Fresh Hope Nursery School. Our second orphan care centre, the 'House of Dreams' is in the grounds of the Baby Rescue Centre and is currently being renovated for these older 'babies' to enable us to take in more very young babies into the Heavens Garden Baby Rescue Centre where more intensive care can be given.

If we had the regular financial support we could rescue 24 babies from certain death in our current facility.