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Kevin Rennie
Citizen journalist, Teacher (retired),Volunteer (Melbourne, Australia)

I am a retired secondary teacher and unionist. I have been an Australian Labor Party member since 1972. After teaching in Victorian schools from 1975, I spent 8 years teaching in the Northern Territory: 4 in Katherine, followed by 4 in Maningrida, an aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. Returned in June 2008 to Melbourne to live after 15 months in Broome. Now live near Red Bluff which overlooks Half Moon Bay on Port Phillip Bay's eastern side. I am a Global Voices author.

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Sex and Contraceptives Sierra Leone Style

Published 26th June 2010 - 1 comments - 2447 views -

Thanks to Vickie Remoe for this series of videos from Sierra Leone about reproductive health. She describes herself as 'a twenty something socialist, fashionista, concerned global citizen, Know-It-All, Africanist, self proclaimed “Biggest Swit Mot Na Salone”.'

It's a 4 part video presentation. There are a couple of glitches but persevere. It apparently took 5 hours to download each video because of the connection speeds.

In the first part Vickie talks to College students about their sexual habits:

 

 

In part 2 Vickie visits the Marie Stopes Blue Star clinic to investigate family planning:

 

I plan to explore family planning issues in the developing world in greater detail in later posts. Any stories or links would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to the Global Voices for the link.

 


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Comments

  • Hussam Hussein on 30th June 2010:

    interesting to have the opportunity to listen directly to their stories… thanks!


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