Board of Trustees

The Trustees of MEPS Trust meet twice a year and are responsible for the strategic direction of the well woman clinic and from time to time discuss the affairs of the trust. The chairman of the management committee of the well woman clinic and the Trust solicitor are co-opted members of the board of trustees.

MEPS Trust seeks to work in partnership with the Government and community to promote women’s health in general and to reduce the incidence of death from cancer among women in Sierra Leone through cancer prevention and detection programmes; and also to reduce the burden of suffering among cancer patients and their families.

The MEPS Trust: governed since 1982 by the sisters and brother of the late Melvine Edith Patricia Stuart namely:

Lady Mary Bankole Jones, nee Stuart (deceased)
Dr. Letticia Stuart (deceased)
Mrs. Olivette Kelfa Caulker nee Stuart (deceased)
Dr. Arthur Stuart (deceased)

Melvine Edith Patricia Stuart, an educationist of long-standing and wide experience in the field of primary education, was the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Arthur Stuart. Her family hailed from Sierra Leone and the West Indies. Born on 26 February 1921, Melvine Stuart died on 25 March 1981, soon after her sixtieth birthday. Her nieces, nephews and the children of close friends knew her as 'Aunty Patty.' Read more: Brief Biography of Melvine