Samenvatting

The study is commissioned by Rainbo Initiative, is the first systematic qualitative based analysis on relatives of sexual violence survivors in Sierra Leone. The objective of the research is to formulate recommendations for the Rainbo Initiative community outreach unit, for developing a participatory model to aid survivors’ relatives’ participation and ownership of survivors’ support programs in the community. This work will strengthen the survivors’ support program in Kenema District, Sierra Leone by gaining insight into: the effect of sexual violence on survivors’ relatives in Kenema District, the perceptions of survivors’ relatives’ of the survivors’ support program there, and the potential ways of aiding survivors’ relatives’ participation and ownership of the program.