Dear Colleagues,
We arrived in Sierra Leone safely according to our travel schedule.
Since our arrival in Sierra Leone, our team (Joseph, Wani and I) has
being working very closely together. Everybody is enthusiastic about
the process. All those we have already shared the initiative with
are also very positive and enthusiastic about the whole process.

Our team is submitting a team report to government, WHO Office in
Sierra Leone and our respective organizations today. Joseph has just
collected the copies from me for distribution. Meanwhile, we have
personally shared information gained from the workshop with focus on
the RBM Competence process with our respective institutions and few
of our partners. Joseph has already assessed his organization (World
Vision SL) and one community they are working with in one of the
districts. He has also trained part of his health team (field
supervisors) as facilitators. Our next move is to share the
initiative with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and partners
in a bigger meeting as already agreed with the ministry officials.
We have also agreed to share with all District Health Management
Teams in the country in their next normal bimonthly meeting
scheduled for first week in September 2005.

We are also maintaining link with our Gambian counterparts.

We will continue to update you and other members on our actions.

Best wishes

Ibrahim