Disaster Response Sierra Leone Project #29207

Help Flood & Mudslide Victims in Sierra Leone

by Advocacy Initiative for Development (AID)

Project Report | Dec 6, 2017
Project Update

By Sylvanus Murray | Executive Director

PROBLEM STATEMENT:

The 14^th August mudslide and flooding Incidents claimed the lives of over 500 people and left thousands homeless. The majority affected individuals are women and girls who get their livelihoods from small and medium sized (SMEs) enterprises. These women and girls are in dare need of urgent recovery from the disaster.

In light of the above, AID-SL partnered with the UNDP Sierra Leone and conducted an Entrepreneurship Training program for Six Hundred (600) victims and survivors.

PROJECT CONTEXT:

The entrepreneurship training program was provided to people from the most affected communities, including Culvert, Dwarzark, Kamayama, Kanikay, Kaningo and Regent.

The training program provided 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 will lead to the establishment of small or medium enterprises (SMEs) as a means of providing livelihood incomes to the survivors.

The 600 affected individuals were provided with small grants, 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. 80% of women will be targeted for this support and 20% men.

SPECIFIC RESULTS:

600 beneficiaries were trained in entrepreneurship skills
600 beneficiaries have the skills necessary for starting a small enterprise
600 beneficiaries have improved basic literacy skills to manage living standards
600 beneficiaries have income earning opportunities for self-reliance
600 beneficiaries are well-equipped in managing their businesses
600 beneficiaries are employers reducing the unemployment rates in the country
600 beneficiaries had the knowledge for business proposal writing for funding
600 beneficiaries are prepared for using technology to improve their businesses

We are 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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Sep 7, 2017
Project Update

By Sylvanus Murray | Executive Director

Distribution of Food and Non-Food Items and the provision of psychosocial support to flood victims

Objective of Activity:

To provide emergency support to 225 household and an estimated number of 806 affected people and their families in the form of food and non-food items.

Background

Several communities on the outskirts of and within Freetown were severely impacted. Worst affected were the communities in the direct path of the mudslide that originated at Mount Sugar Loaf in Regent and Kaningo. The complexity of the disaster left every institution and service providers confused as to how they could respond swiftly. AID Sierra Leone a registered non-governmental organization in its emergency plan mobilized its staffs and volunteers as to how they could respond to the needs of affected women, children and young people.

The mudslide and flooding in August worsened the status of youth in various ways. Youth could not fully access gainful employment or run businesses, a factor that put especially young women and girls at greater risk of sexual exploitation in order to secure income to meet their essential needs.

A team of AID Sierra Leone staff conducted rapid assessment in order to figure-out what can be done to address the immediate needs of the affected people. Key amongst the findings from the assessment revealed that the affected families requires food and non-food items and more importantly psychosocial support that would enhance their coping mechanism and resilient.

Level of Accomplishment/Achievements

Provided food and non-food items to an estimated number of 225 household that comprised 806 affected people including children, women and youth.
Made a cash donation towards feeding for the day.
AID Sierra Leone staffs and volunteers conducted counseling and psychosocial support service to survivors/victims as they were completely destitute.
Raised awareness on safe hygiene practices and how they could protect vulnerable groups residing in internally displaced camps from other abuse that might tend to occur while residing in internally displaced camps.

We are so grateful to our partners and friends who donated their hard-earned cash towards this project. Please be rest assured that through your generous support, you're positively impacting lives and giving hope to the hopeless.

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