Sierra Leone: Mudslides - Aug 2017 Updates

Description of the disaster In the early hours of 14th August 2017, torrential rains caused parts of Mount Sugar Loaf, a range of hills surrounding Freetown, to slide into the Regent Village...

Executive Summary The Sierra Leone National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) is based on the recommendations of the 2016 Joint External Evaluation (JEE). The JEE is a voluntary, collaborative...

In the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) formal commitments to Accountability to Affected Populations (CAAPs) it was acknowledged that “communication with, and inclusion of, crisis-affected...

Sierra Leone launches a comprehensive five-year National Action Plan for Health Security in compliance with International Health Regulations. Freetown, 12 September 2019 – Sierra Leone is now the...

SUBMITTED BY IVAN BRUCE Evidence is clear that climate change is changing weather patterns, increasing the frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events. Unfortunately, those in the poorest...

Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2017 and 1998 to 2017 The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected...

Message from our Regional Director Despite numerous humanitarian challenges in 2017 in Africa, there were also a number of heart-warming accomplishments. A case in point, was when a local response of...

A revolution in aid: Start Network releases 2017 Annual Report Start Network, a global network of aid agencies, has today published its first annual report showcasing its collective efforts to...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster In the early hours of 14th August, torrential rains caused parts of Mount Sugar Loaf, a range of hills surrounding Freetown, to slide into the Regent...

By Zoe Tabary LONDON, Aug 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sierra Leone's capital Freetown must tackle deforestation, poor housing and decrepit drainage if it is to prevent the next disaster, its...

Certain events in our lives are so momentous that we shall always remember where we were and what we did when those events occurred. Many of us will surely remember where we were in the early hours...

By Harriet Mason, Communications Officer, UNICEF Sierra Leone FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – After a 20-minute-walk up a steep rocky path in the Dwarzark community, I arrived at the new home of Foday and...

In Numbers 203.1 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 0 cash based transfers made US$ 7,914,883 six months (May-Oct 2018) net funding requirements, representing 64% of total Operational Updates • In...

A global fund that provides rapid humanitarian aid for overlooked crises, is marking the second anniversary of the World Humanitarian Summit by sharing the impact of its 4th year, through its new...

"Who would live in an area that is disaster prone if they knew and valued their life? We had no idea, we have no choice" By Nicky Milne FREETOWN, May 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kadiatu Koroma...

Household items distribution: In February, PWJ and our local partner CEDA distributed household goods to those families heavily affected by the flood/landslide that occurred in August 2018. Household...

Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: The Emergency Appeal was launched on 15th August 2017 immediately aftermath the catastrophic mudslides which killed more than 300 people...

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Fambul, one of Sierra Leone’s leading child-welfare organizations in Freetown, immediately responded with relief efforts for those affected by...