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Freetown City council Training on Dumpsites Management

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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Africa Drive for Democracy Conference

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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YAS Girls’ Leadership Foundation rolled out it’s first project

On Friday 11th February, the YAS Girls’ Leadership Foundation rolled out it’s first project; “Give Her Wings, Watch Her Fly” school tour. The school tour, funded by the Center for International Reproductive Health Training, seeks to engage young girls on various issues including leadership, the power of female voices and how issues affecting health and

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Keynote Address to the Dialogue 2030 Conference in Bonn, Germany

Yesterday 5th May 2022, I had the honor of delivering the keynote address to the Dialogue 2030 Conference in Bonn, Germany. Organized by Engagement Global and hosted by the Mayor of Bonn, the conference brought together municipal leaders (including Mayor Peter Kurz of Mannheim), business leaders, NGOs and academics from across Germany and from partner

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Mayor attends the inaugural Forum on Global Resilience by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Centre.

I participated in the inaugural Forum on Global Resilience by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation (“Arsht-Rock”) Resilience Centre. The event was curated to explore proven, innovative, and scalable solutions for building resilience to extreme heat and other climate change challenges. Extreme urban heat is often called the “silent killer” because globally it kills more people than

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FCC hosts RE:ACT to conduct an incident management training

Last week, FCC hosted a team from RE:ACT (a UK-based humanitarian organization) to conduct an incident management training and the set up an operations room for the Council’s Disaster Management Unit. The 3-day training ended on Thursday April 28 and covered areas such as incorporating efficient incident management techniques into emergency responses and introducing simple

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