INTRODUCTION Western Area Peninsula Forest houses the Guma Water Catchment which provides pipe-borne water to the residents of Freetown. However, despite its importance, the Forest is diminishing rapidly as Global Forest Watch reports about 500,000 trees lost every year since 2009 due to deforestation from logging, slash-and-burn farming, etc. Other threats to managing the forest […]
The Youth Action for Relentless Development Organization- Sierra Leone (YARDO-SL) is a youth empowerment agency working on four (4) areas of intervention with a biased focus on Environmental Protection, with support from AFR100 and #FreetowntheTreeTown, the organization planted 100,000 trees at Tokeh and York communities in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone. The purpose […]
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 […]