Project Report
| May 29, 2019
Project Update
By Ibrahim Moigua | Project Manager
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AID-SL Distribution of food items to flood victims
The Mudslide tragedy that took place on the 14th of August, 2017 in Regent village happened to be the biggest mudslide in the history of Sierra Leone similar to another that happened in 1945 with ten houses swept away in that community. The British colony by then relocated and banned dwelling in that area. Overpopulation has caused people to go back to that prohibited, unsafe community and built houses. Eventually, this catastrophe struck once again and left more than 600 lives missing and 500 corpses been buried in the waterloo cemetery, where the Ebola corpses were buried in 2014. Most of those missing are believed to be burried under the mud or been swept away by the flooding.
AID Sierra Leone continues to give support to victims and survivors in various ways, including the provision of assorted food and non-food items, counseling, business development mentoring and advocacy.
Our organization is grateful for the partners and friends who donated their hard-earned cash towards this project via the GlobalGiving platform. Please be rest assured that through your generous support, you're positively impacting lives and giving hope to the hopeless.
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AID-SL Distribution of food items to flood victims
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Feb 27, 2019
Project Update
By Donald Kalokoh | Programme Manager
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The organization continues to provide monitoring and coaching support to the 600 mudslide and flood affected individuals who benefited from small grants which was equivalent to US$ 100 (SLLE 850,000) each to re-establish micro and small enterprises, such as local convenience stores, mobile credit re-sellers, food stalls and small green enterprise start-ups.
Also, the organization facilitated the opening of bank accounts for all the 600 beneficiaries in an effort to help increase their financial management as well as establishing linkages for ease of access to loan facilities.
The intervention consisted of the implementation of a fully comprehensive business development and knowledge transfer training which lead to the establishment of small or medium enterprises (SMEs) as a means of providing livelihood incomes to the survivors.
AID Sierra Leone is grateful to our partners and friends who donated their hard-earned cash towards this project, especially GlobalGiving and UNDP Sierra Leone. Please be rest assured that through your generous support, you're positively impacting lives and giving hope to the hopeless.
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Nov 29, 2018
Project Update
By Sulaiman Musa | Programme Manager
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AID Sierra Leone continues to provide monitoring and coaching support to the 600 mudslide and flood affected individuals who benifited from the small grants which was equivalent to US$ 100 each to re-establish micro and small enterprises, such as local convenience stores, mobile credit re-sellers, food stalls and small green enterprise start-ups, to support the re-establishment of local economic activities.
Also, the organization facilitated the opening of bank accounts for all the 600 beneficiaries in an effort to help increase their financial management as well as establishing linkages for ease of access to loan facilities.
The entrepreneurship training program conducted for victims and survivors from the most affected communities were provided with support in the areas of business plan development, market information management as well as general business and financial management capacity building. The intervention consisted of the implementation of a fully comprehensive business development and knowledge transfer training which lead to the establishment of small or medium enterprises (SMEs) as a means of providing livelihood incomes to the survivors.
80% of women were targeted for this support and 20% men. We want to use this opportunity to thank our partners and friends who donated their hard-earned cash towards this project, especially GlobalGiving and UNDP Sierra Leone. Please be rest assured that through your generous support, you're positively impacting lives and giving hope to the hopeless.
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