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 Alie Hassan Shop Aberdeen Roundabout,  Fredbynna Stationery Shop; Lumley Roundabout,  Freetown Supermarket,  Essentials Supermarket,  Payless Supermarket,  &  Monoprix Supermarket  Wilkinson Road Freetown.

Before 11am in Makeni: Sulcut Tele Center Azzolini Highway and I. B. & Friends Tele Center Opposite the S.L.C.Bank.

Before 12noon in Bo: Bo Mini Market Sewah Road,  B.K.P.S. Staff Canteen,  EM & JAY Enterprise 1B Dambala Road by the Post Office,  M & S Trading 29 Fenton Road &  PAT-MOI Tele Centre Safecon Petrol Station Fenton Road 

Before 12noon in Kenema: T. Choithrams Supermarket,  Mr Shola Williams 7 Bus Park,  Infinity Internet Cafe 55 Hanga Road,  M. U. Kalokoh Holdings Via Zain Shop 35 Hanga Road  &  Skaikey Mobile Phone Centre 18 Hanga Road Kenema Town

Awoko Newspaper Your Preferred Option.

An exhibition celebrating the hopes and spirit of women in Sierra Leone, by British photo journalist Lee Karen Stow was over the weekend opened at the British Council Cafe in Freetown.
The exhibition entitled ‘42 Women of Sierra Leone' is a selection of portraits taken as part of a long-term documentary photography study in collaboration with the women themselves. It aims to highlight life expectancy for women in Sierra Leone and the challenging situations faced by women today.
Stow, a resident of Freetown's official twin city in the UK, Kingston upon Hull, has visited Sierra Leone a number of times, living with the women in their homes and experiencing their daily life. Stow said: ''In 2008 I too turned 42 years old and the knowledge that my chances of survival are double those of the women here purely because I live in the West both haunts and angers me. I made a commitment to use photography to tell the stories of the women here and to show their resilience and optimism, which never ceases to inspire and humble me.''
Her first visit was in February 2007, as founder of the grassroots project Wilberforce Women which runs basic skills photography learning for women in Sierra Leone interested in photography. The project has encouraged and assisted a number of women to form their own photography group. Members of that group have visited the UK on further media skills workshops. They are now using photography for creative expression and to advocate for change on issues which affect them; many are also now earning an income from their training.
The exhibition, sponsored by Arts Council England and the British Council, is currently on tour having been shown in the UK, the USA and Poland. Next year a revised exhibition opens at the Royal Commonwealth Society in London, UK, before beginning a five-week tour of the Pacific North West, to include USA and Canada.
Images will be available to buy; all money will go directly to the grassroots project Wilberforce Women.