Save the Children has joined the worldwide community in commemorating African Children’s Day, along with crucial stakeholders from around the country. The participation is intended to provide children with the chance to exchange ideas and network on how to eliminate harmful behaviors that impact them. Children from the Children’s Forum Network, Prince of Wales Secondary, […]
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Orange Foundation SL honored the International Day of the African Child with Disable Kids around the country on Thursday, June 16, 2022. This year’s festival has as its subject the abolition of harmful behaviors affecting children. Children from the Milton Margai School for the Blind, the National School for the Deaf, the Albinism family, teachers
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In an open letter, the Sierra Leone entertainment sector decried the detention of popular artist Alhaji Amadu Bah, commonly known as LAJ. According to the letter, LAJ was seized in his car with other friends in Freetown’s East End and taken to the OSD headquarters in Brookfields, better known as Benghazi. The letter also stated
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12 years ago the Freetown Rotary Club decided to renovate the Government Rokel Secondary School’s library which was in a deplorable state. On Friday, the newly refurbished structure was handed over to the school authorities. Rotarian Sheila John, who identified the project, explained that the project started some 11 or 12 years ago “when I
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The Freetown City Council (FCC). the United Nations Capital Development (UNCDF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), together with their implementing partners, has launched the “Women for Water and Peace” (W4WP) Project at the New City Hall in Freetown. The project is funded by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund. Through a community-led approach, the
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President Bio paid a visit to MIRO Forestry and Timber Products Company on Wednesday, June 15, where he addressed concerns of increased demand for wood and expressed optimism about the prospect of coping with its disastrous effects on natural ecosystems. “Normally, when we think about meeting the resource needs of a growing population, issues of
On the occasion of African Child Day, President Maada Bio commissioned two renovated Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) facilities for Falaba and Masandu on June 16. President Bio stated in his keynote address that when he turned the sod for the building of these two Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care HealthFacilities in
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Addressing members of the Mano River Union -MRU on mercury pollution along the subregion, Member of Parliament for 084 Constituency, South Region Bo District, Hon. Joseph Abdul Bash Kamara has said that they are a contributing factor to the pollution of Taia. He explained that recently in Parliament “fingers were pointed at me,
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The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), David Moinina Sengeh, applauded the NGO Consortium for the excellent implementation of the Global Partnership For Education (GPE) initiative, but expressed disappointment with his ministry for failing to complete its own part of the project. At the GPE final project closing and learning event yesterday, Wednesday
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The Artisanal Gold Council is preparing to change artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) by establishing cooperatives in mining communities and utilizing mercury-free gold processing facilities owned and managed by these communities.. In Sierra Leone, artisanal and small-scale gold mining has emerged as one of the most important extractive sectors. It is estimated that
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