Other Affiliated Programs: Global Social Impact Fellowship

Students on Summer Project Team:
Kendall Prime '22, Political Science / Documentary Film
Alicia Zamudio '22, Product Design
Melissa Callahan '21, Business Information Systems
Alex Gonzalez '21, English

Faculty Mentor(s): Michael Kramp, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Minor; Fathima Wakeel, Associate Professor, College of Health

Project Video: Click here to view

Project description:
Full Project Title: Safe Motherhood in Sierra Leone – Documenting Stories of Healthcare Innovation and Community Resilience

This summer, Mothers of Sierra Leone has been focused on qualitative research to explore the long term angle of our film. We are looking into the similarities and differences of maternal mortality in the US (a country with an increasing MMR) and Sierra Leone (a country with the world's highest MMR). This summer we focused mainly on the US which was more accessible and we plan to expand our research into Sierra Leone this coming fall.

Visit our project website at: https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/mothersofsierraleone/.