As a 2021 Time100Next Honoree, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr had the honor of being invited to the Time100 Impact Awards and Gala. She was humbled to have been asked to present Mr Tony Elumelu CON, founder and chairman of UBA Group, with his Time 100 Impact Award for his incredible investment in human potential through the Tony […]
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Water is life and in Freetown, the consequences of limited or no access to clean, potable water are acutely felt by almost 50% of our residents and to some degree by us all. The challenges of access to water increase with the continued deforestation of the Western Area Peninsula National Park which protects the city’s
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Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was thrilled to speak at the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights #ACSHR2022 on July 1st. She was asked to focus on how Local Governments can create safe spaces for women and girls. She talked about how the new #CongoWaterMarket #FCCEarlyLearningCenter, and the soon-to-be-opened #KrooTownRoadMarket provide free high-quality pre-school education
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On Friday 29th April Mayor Aki-Sawyerr was at the UN Headquarters in New York where she participated in the inaugural meeting of the UN Local2030 Coalition Steering Committee. The UN launched the Local2030 Coalition as a platform and network designed to support and accelerate local-level delivery of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Coalition
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On 28 and 29 July 2022, the FCC held a 2-day training on Dumpsites Management, Transfer Stations, and Faecal Sludge Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) with support from GOAL Sierra Leone and from Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC) and notably Prof Lee Miles. The training’s goal was to enhance the resilience of sanitation workers in
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Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr participated in the Africa Drive for Democracy Conference hosted in Arusha, Tanzania by the MS Training Center for Development Cooperation, the Center for Strategic Litigation, and the Institute for Security Studies, and with participants from 26 countries across Africa. The conference is a response to the current democratic decline and growing threats
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