Blogs – YARDO-SL

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17 August 2021

YARDO-SL in Partnership with FCC joins the High Commission of India to Sierra Leone to Celebrate its 75th Independence Anniversary by planting trees

Today, the High Commission of India to Sierra Leone donated 75 trees to support the #FreetownTheTreeTown Campaign, which seeks to plant 1 million trees and raise awareness against indiscriminate deforestation in the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve. The donation comes as part of the Commission’s commemoration of the 75th independence anniversary of the Republic […]

7 May 2021

YARDO-SL Team Visits Guma Valley Water Dam

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The Guma Valley Water Dam is the main source of water supply for the city of Freetown. The Dam was built in the early 1960s and is situated within the Forest Reserve of the Western Area, approximately 13 kilometers from the central business district of Freetown. The Dam was initially designed to provide water […]

29 April 2021

YARDO-SL Supports the first-ever National Youth Roundtable Dialogue

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In Commemoration of Sierra Leone’s 60th Independence Anniversary, the Global Youth Network for Peace with support from YARDOSL, conveyed young leaders from across the country to take part in the first-ever National Youth Round-table Dialogue on the State of Youths in Sierra Leone. Issues affecting youths were discussed, ranging from entrepreneurship, education, technology, etc. […]

13 March 2021

YARDOSL Launches UNDP GEF project to Protect Guma Dam Water Catchment

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On Friday 12th March 2021, the Youth Action for Relentless Development Organization Sierra Leone (YARDO-SL) successfully launched the project titled: PROMOTION OF INNOVATIVE LAND USE MAPPING AND REFORESTATION OF ENCROACHED AREAS OF THE GUMA DAM WATER CATCHMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. The launching took place at the number two (2) river community in the Western […]

13 October 2020

Kambia Ecowatch Project Update

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YARDOSL continues its relentless effort in promoting youth-led environmental stewardship at the grass-root level. It is in this regard that the organization launched the Kambia Ecowatch project in April 2019. Kambia Ecowatch is an initiative to promote environmental sustainability in Kambia District. The project has operations in 3 pillars: 1-Environmental Research, Education and Advocacy Reforestation […]