- Ensuring community equity, engagement, and ownership
- Facilitating shared responsibility and collective learning among stakeholders
- Supporting creativity, innovation, and novelty in approaches
- Fostering diversity in perspectives and supporting sustainable development
Welcome to FOCUS 1000
Key Strategic Areas
Evidence Population Advocacy Community Engagement and Capacity Development
FOCUS 1000 (Facilitating and Organizing Communities to Unite for Sustainable Development) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone that is committed to making the best investment in the most crucial period in a child’s life: the first 1000 days.
VISION
A society where children and young people live, grow well, thrive, and enjoy their full potential in life.
MISSION
Facilitate maximum community participation, ownership, and sustainability of programs to enhance the livelihood and quality of life of children and young people to complement the efforts of Government in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
CORE PRINCIPLES & VALUES
KEY Intervention Areas
- Maternal & Child Health, and Nutrition
- Young Child and Adolescent Development and Protection
- Improving Quality and Utilization of Basic Services
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
The first 1000 days of a child’s life, is a period which is often referred to as the golden window of opportunity. Investments made during this period have an everlasting impact on the child’s likelihood to survive, thrive, and become a productive member of society. All our programmes, studies and activities contribute to our focus and ethos which aims to exercise the potential of this period in every child’s life
Orientation and Launching of the Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihood Project Nationwide
The purpose of the mission was to engage community stakeholders to be aware of the ongoing vaccination processes undertaken by the #SLRCS, FOCUS 1000, and #DHMT through the Saving lives and Livelihood project which is sponsored by the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
We Work With The Government and Development Partners
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FOCUS 1000 is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone that invests in the first 1000 days of a child’s life – the period from conception to the child’s second birthday. During this crucial period, the child is susceptible to life-threatening illnesses and conditions such as diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, pneumonia, and HIV.
We Work with The Kombra Network
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Media Houses
Opening Of First FOCUS 1000 District Office In Kambia
The Newly Appointed Chief Justice of Sierra Leone Hamid Abdulai Cham on 26th February 2016 opens FOCUS 1000 Kambia District Office.
FOCUS 1000 is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone that invests in the first 1000 days of a child’s life – the period from conception to the child’s second birthday. During this crucial period, the child is susceptible to life-threatening illnesses and conditions such as diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, pneumonia, and HIV. FOCUS 1000 short video on Scaling Up Nutrition and Immunization Civil Society Platform (SUNI CSP) interventions in supporting the Ministry of Health and Sanitation through District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) for an increased immunization uptake in Sierra Leone. Dwazark Community a case in point.
Our Blogs
Why We Must Break the Silence Around Stillbirths to Fulfil Our Pledge to Women and Children
© 2000 Ismail Ferdous, Courtesy of Photoshare Robin Gorma of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health wants us all…
SUN rise for Scaling Up Nutrition
Photo: Ramatu Jalloh Coordinator Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) and Immunization CSP/ FOCUS 1000 delivering a presentation during the Safe Clinic…
Religious Leaders Intensify Ebola Preventive Messages in the North
Cross section of religious leaders in Port Loko townhall meeting The northern parts of Sierra Leone (Bombali, Kambia, Tonkolili and…
Traditional Healers on Contact Tracing Drive in the North
Cross section of tradiational heallers contact tracers in Kambia FOCUS 1000 has been facilitating community engagements with Traditional Healers and…
Our Friends
Jessica Vapnek
Jessica’s connection to Africa is long and rich: she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the former Zaire…
Gail Uilkema
In 2003, after 21 years as a school superintendent, Gail retired and immediately founded Lantern Projects. Over the…
Bruce Kennedy
Bruce Kennedy was a program officer with UNICEF in Freetown for 5 years in the 1980s. Altogether he…
Getting and Maintaining Zero Ebola Cases – SLITHU
Published: Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:20 On Tuesday 14th April 2015, the Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union (SLITHU) with support from FOCUS 1000 organized a day workshop on the…
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE USMAN NURUDIN SHAHID JAH
Published: Monday, 11 May 2015 16:03 The relationship between Alhaji UNS Jah as he was fondly called and FOCUS 1000 staff and friends, stems as far back as in the…
In Sierra Leone, religious leaders take on role in Ebola prevention
Published: Friday, 15 May 2015 18:27 Culled from AlJazerra– FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — In a dimly lit church on a spring morning, the Rev. Christiana Sutton-Koroma cites the Bible’s book…
Promoting Immunization Amidst the Threat of Ebola
Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2015 12:26 The Ebola outbreak that began in May 2014 derailed significant progress that had been made in helping immunization coverage rates recover from the 1990-2000…
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Contact Information
Phone no
+232 78 848 925
+232 79 060 592
+232 79 878 824
info@focus1000.org
Address
Main Office: 7e Conteh Drive Off Old Railway Line, Tengbeh Town, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Ebola KAP Study Lead
FOCUS 1000 provided support to the efforts of the Government of Sierra Leone, development partners, and civil society in ending the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic in Sierra Leone. With the support of the Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), UNICEF and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), FOCUS 1000 conducted a series of National KAP studies to determine public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) relating to EVD Prevention and Medical Care in Sierra Leone. The findings are being used to help inform national social mobilization efforts.