{"id":58816,"date":"2013-07-09T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=58816"},"modified":"2013-07-09T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T01:13:07","slug":"us-ambassador-praises-dignity-markets-skills-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=58816","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador praises Dignity Market\u2019s skills promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE \u2013 United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Michael Owen visited the Dignity Market on June 28.\u00a0 The Ambassador toured the center, talked with the artisans, and enjoyed a musical and dance performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Owen discussed the US Embassy\u2019s commitment to support individuals with disabilities and promote their integration into society.\u00a0 The Ambassador praised the determination and perseverance shown by the workers at the Dignity Market.\u00a0 Ambassador Owen also related the many accomplishments of\u00a0 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who lived with polio and became one of the most iconic presidents in US\u00a0 history.\u00a0 The tour of the market follows a recent visit Ambassador Owen made to the National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPD) in Freetown.\u00a0 At that meeting on June 5, Ambassador Owen focused on raising awareness about the work of the commission and the rights provided by the Disability Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dignity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58817\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dignity.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dignity Market gives individuals with disabilities an opportunity to earn a sustainable income and provides a venue to work off the streets.\u00a0 Located at 16 Hennessy Street, Kingtom, Freetown, the Dignity Market currently employs 34 individuals with disabilities.\u00a0 The center leverages the skills and training these individuals have developed to produce a diverse range of products and services including tailoring, metal work, painting, arts, crafts, and wheelchair modifications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dignity_Market_Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58818\" alt=\"Dignity_Market_Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dignity_Market_Photo.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The One Family People organization established the Dignity Market in late 2012 and operates the center on a self-sustainable business model with initial seed capital coming from the Canadian High Commission.\u00a0 One Family People is a non-profit organization working to uphold human rights values and mainstream disability issues into the development agenda of Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<address><i>Embassy of the United States of America<\/i><\/address>\n<address><i>Freetown, Sierra Leone<\/i><\/address>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE \u2013 United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Michael Owen visited the Dignity Market on June 28.\u00a0 The Ambassador toured the center, talked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,11448,1221],"tags":[16496,14523,16497],"class_list":["post-58816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local-news","category-press-releases","tag-dignity-market","tag-michael-owen","tag-people-with-diabilitiies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}