Generally, the impacts of our programs across different sectors are enormous, profound and sustainable. Highlighted below are cross sections of results achieved and impacts made across different sectors of intervention from 2014 to 2026 with support from different donors partners inclusive Child Fund International, World Bank, UNDP,UNOPS,UNWOMEN,Islamic Development Bank, African Development Bank,GEF, World Vision International, Global Humanitarian Funds, Models of Success and Sustainability, Sustainable Development Initiative Institute, Private Philantropists,Foundations, Good Will People of African Descent, Sierra Leonean nationals in Diaspora and Government of Sierra Leone amongst others.
Impacts and Gains Made through Poverty Reduction Interventions:
Through our poverty reduction program we have targeted and supported 36,100 women and girls drawn from the lowest poverty strata inclusive Ebola related widows, women under difficult economic circumstances, women and young girls living with HIV/Aids, out of school girls, teenage mothers, disabled women,ex-female convicts, illiterate women, bankable poor women and female commercial sex workers, with skills training in business management, provide them with startup grants, link them to financial and insurance services will enable them to start,grow,expand,owned and control thriving new businesses that brought income and financial independence. Today, more than 5600 previous female commercial sex workers recruited and supported have abandoned commercial sex trade, are now owners of thriving businesses making decent living. More than 7400 of girls that were early dropout of schools were able to return and complete their secondary schooling after three years of operating successful business and more than 4000 of them were able to enrolled and graduated from our Second Chance Education Initiative. Generally, project impact assessment survey reports confirm that 95% of the 36,100 poverty stricken women and girls targeted and supported by our poverty mitigation interventions since 2014 and right through 2024 are found to be owners of thriving businesses, they are economically self-relied and self-sufficient, and they making significant contributions in addressing key household welfare demands inclusive renting safe housing, purchasing protective clothes, pay tuition fees and medical bills, providing nutritious meal, making savings and contributing to community development funds
.Impacts and Gains Made in Providing Affordable Quality Education, Technical and Vocational Skills Training
By the time your finish reading this article, more than 85,520 students are receiving quality education through the schools, libraries, art theaters, science and computer laboratories we have constructed,repurposed,equiped and operationalized. We also reinforced quality teaching delivery and learning by providing school teachers and educators in technical and vocational institutes with upgraded skills training on trending global education and teaching best practices, and provided schools with sufficient up to date teaching and learning materials.
Also, through our Second Chance Education Initiative, this was specifically designed to provide adult education for women, girls and young people that are victims of early school drop-outs, have successfully targeted and trained 32,450 women and girls—with high-demand vocational skills. . Remarkably, over 95% of these young women have secured and retained gainful employment, achieving economic self-reliance and self-sufficiency
Impacts and Gains Made in Increasing Access to Safe Drinking Water,Also, in the WASH sector, we have supported many schools and village communities deprived of access to safe drinking water, suffers from deplorable sanitation and poor hygiene through supporting construction and repurposing of solar powered borehole water wells, hand-dug wells, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines, and waste collection points, with beneficiary communities trained in routine waste disposal best practices. Today, more than 250,000 school children and community members have perennial access to affordable, safe drinking water and live in well-sanitized environments. Illnesses stemming from unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation and deplorable hygiene are progressively being eliminated. Furthermore, our school-based menstrual hygiene education, coupled with the construction of specialized and well equipped special changing rooms for pubescent girls, has drastically reduced menstrual-based absenteeism by increasing knowledge of menstrual management and ensuring personal privacy
Impacts and Gains Made in agriculture, food sufficiency and nutritional security.Through our agricultural and food security interventions, we have empowered more than 38,000 stallholder farmers. We have provided smallholder farmers with upgraded skills training, insights into local and global farming /marketing trends, support them with crops that are pest resistant and climate resilient, as well as provided farmers with modern tools, machinery, technology, science, innovation and efficient transport mechanisms that increase productivity, enhance post-harvest procession, value addition, increase shelf life and marketing. These efforts have improved household food security, mitigated post-harvest losses, increased farmers’ incomes, and progressively eliminated hunger and malnutrition at the household and community levels.
Impacts and Gains Made in Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationRecognizing that Sierra Leone is currently the third most vulnerable country globally to climate change impacts, our environmental interventions are crucial. We have improved local knowledge regarding environmental and biodiversity conservation best practices. Additionally, we have supported communities in planting over 1.6 million economic and ecological trees, which have restored depleted wetlands, woodlands, forests, mangroves, and water bodies. This has led to improved ecosystem services, secured animal habitats, and created a balanced ecosystem capable of preserving food supplies for now and future generations. Again, our intervention that promote access of poor people to sustainable clean energy sourced from solar energy and biogas has further reinforced gains made in environmental conservation efforts whilst building local resilience capacities. Our clean energy intervention has supported many smallholder farmers to improve agricultural productivity, value addition and preservation.
Impacts and Gains Made in Human RightsMore importantly, our relentless advocacy in human rights, social justice, gender equity, and good governance has yielded tangible policy shifts. Human rights awareness has increased, and more citizens are exercising their fundamental rights. Due to sustained pressure from us and other civil society organizations, gender equality is now enshrined as a working government policy, with provision for save 30% quota for women in elective positions, cabinet appointments, and other developmental sectors. Furthermore, more young people are being elected or appointed to key positions in governance. We have also trained communities to hold public officials accountable, directly resulting in improved local service delivery.
Impacts and Gains Made in General InfrastructureWe have supported the rehabilitation and repurposing of community feeder roads that linked farmers to market and agribusiness marketers to farms. We have also supported the construction and repurposing of critical infrastructure that promote tourism, hospitality, sports and entertainments