- 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 Generation 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
SUN partners in Sierra Leone validates stakeholders mapping report
Freetown – March 14 (KMN): There is the need for a concerted and coordinated government-led initiative to harness the commitment and resources of multiple sectors to reduce the high levels of malnutrition in Sierra Leone, an official has said.
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
Comprising:
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
SUN rise for Scaling Up Nutrition
Religious Leaders Intensify Ebola Preventive Messages in the North
Traditional Healers on Contact Tracing Drive in the North
Religious and traditional healers’ intervention saves DIFID millions of pounds during the Ebola outbreak
Over one million children to be vaccinated against polio since the Ebola outbreak
Former UNICEF Bosses visit Sierra Leone courtesy of FOCUS 1000 CEO
HC3 and MoHS engage CSOs to develop behavioral change communication to increase demand and uptake for RMNCH services
Our Friends
Jessica Vapnek
Gail Uilkema
Bruce Kennedy
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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.