Osioriame Thomas

19/10/2024 I have huge respect and admiration for our community based teams who are planting mangroves as part of #FreetownTheTreeTown! Accompanied by Cllr Sheku Deen Mansaray, I joined the teams of women and youth in Ojuku community today who have planted 80,740 mangroves over the past 12 days. It is difficult work wading into the […]

16/10/2024 I was humbled and honored to receive the 2024 German Africa Award from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag, Germany’s Parliament, during an uplifting and beautiful ceremony in Berlin this evening. The German Africa Foundation has since 1993, annually honored one individual from Africa who is considered to have made exceptional contributions to democracy,

8/10/2024 I was really pleased to present the Freetown Cable Car Feasibility Study report to Vice President H.E. Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh this morning. Conducted over a 24 month period, the detailed multidimensional Feasibility Study was funded by C40 Cities Finance Facility which in turn is funded by the German, French, United Kingdom and United

5/10/2024 I am pleased to have just completed the one-year African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) programme and to have been able to attend the final in-person convening in Nairobi this week. A partnership between Big Win Philanthropy, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) located at the University of Cape Town, this unique

25/9/2024 Yesterday was another full and constructive day! I met with former Irish President HE Mary Robinson, participated in a roundtable and a panel discussion on migration, spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative among other engagements. All my engagements provide opportunities to build networks of support for our climate interventions for #TransformFreetown #TransformingLives

23/9/2024 As part of my engagements at the UNGA Summit of the Future in New York, I participated in a high-level panel meeting with the Africa- Europe Women’s Leaders Network on the importance of multilateral action and financing in achieving global goals. Other women at the meeting were the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed,

9/9/2024 At the invitation of the All-People’s Congress (APC) Diaspora 6th Region Women’s Congress, led by comrade Madam Cassandra Kenny, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, on 7th September 2024, joined the APC Diaspora 6th Region Women’s Congress Launch and Achievement Awards Dinner. The inspirational event, held in Lanham, Maryland, USA, was attended by APC Women’s

9/9/2024 At the invitation of the All-People’s Congress (APC) Diaspora 6th Region Women’s Congress, led by comrade Madam Cassandra Kenny, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, on 7th September 2024, joined the APC Diaspora 6th Region Women’s Congress Launch and Achievement Awards Dinner. The inspirational event, held in Lanham, Maryland, USA, was attended by APC Women’s

26/8/2024 Always a pleasure and a privilege to spend time at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development with H.E. Mdme Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and #AmujaeSisters! Lovely to catch up with Riva Levinson. #SundayMorningFlow

25/8/2024 It’s a wrap!! Freetown City Council has completed a three-day tree giveaway of 25,000 trees. We started at Lumley Beach on Friday where we planted 600 trees. On Saturday and Sunday, we had teams that went door-to-door to distribute trees to households that had pre-registered for trees. We also had teams at 10 locations