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 outbreak of the Coronavirus Pandemic exposed most African Countries interms of food insecurity, but the Russian-Ukraine Conflict even worsen the situation as we are expriencing a hike in the price of foodstuffs. So in a way to have food self-sufficiency,encourage export and job creation, the Government of Sierra Leone entered partnership with Pee Cee and
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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
AGC strives to transform gold mining activities through cooperatives Read More »
Ecobank Sierra Leone, a subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a leading Pan-African banking group, today Tuesday, June 14 handed over Dr. D. .J .O Robbin Coker Pediatric Ward at the Connaught Hospital after spending half a billion Leones to refurbish the facility. ECOBANK provided 2O pediatric beds and bed linings, 3 visitors chairs, window
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It took nearly two hours from Bo City to Lablama, a gold mining hamlet on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s Southern Province.Approximately 200 meters off the Kangari Hills Forest Reserve gangs of artisanal gold miners clusters around pits frantically searching for gold as if it were the California Gold Rush of the 1800s.One of the
Environmental, Health threat…
Mercury in Gold mining increases Read More »