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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Freetown the Tree-town campaign is an initiative of the Freetown City Council with funds from World Bank. The project complements the Mayor’s Transform Freetown agenda with a focus on planting and growing 1,000,000 trees in Freetown between 2020-2022. The project is expected to contribute to nature-based solutions to climate, improving degraded lands, restoring biodiversity loss […]