The Mama-Pikin Foundation (MPF) Country Director Leeann Rizk shared the background document to the MPF climate literacy tool “Plac de ot o! A Sierra Leone Maternal and Child Health Literacy Tool” during a plenary session at the 2025 Global
Symposium on Climate Justice and Impacted Populations – Rights in a Changing Climate: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Equality in Brasilia, Brazil on 28 July 2025!
The tool was created in response to the climate crisis in Sierra Leone and other countries around the world and it is used to educate pregnant women, mothers and community members. It includes key facts about climate change, climate justice, climate and maternal/child health, to help guide conversation. It is designed as a flipchart to support interactive learning and discussion
during health talks and community sessions and gives women and communities important information they need about mitigating the effects of climate change on maternal & child health.