Programs, Goals and Objectives – SERVE SIERRA LEONE

Thematic Programs, Goals and Objectives

Poverty Reduction Through Capacity Building and Enterprise Development

Goal: To uplift 542,000 people from poverty through skills training, business support, and financial services by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To provide high-demand skills training to 542,000 individuals to enhance their employability and entrepreneurial capabilities.
To distribute startup grants and offer continuous business development support to facilitate the launch and growth of micro-enterprises.
To link beneficiaries with insurance products and financial service providers to secure assets and expand business operations.
To ensure 542,000 beneficiaries achieve economic self-reliance and own thriving businesses by 2036.

Increasing Access to Affordable Quality Education, Technical & Vocational Skills Training

Goal: To enable 317,000 vulnerable children and youth to access quality education and vocational training by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To enroll 317,000 vulnerable children, dropouts, and marginalized girls in affordable, inclusive, and quality primary and secondary education.
To provide technical and vocational skills training focused on high-demand marketable skills to out-of-school youth.
To facilitate lifelong learning opportunities that lead to certification or gainful employment.
To ensure the successful completion of primary or secondary education, or vocational courses, for all targeted beneficiaries by 2036.

Improving Access to Safe Drinking Water, Better Sanitation and Hygiene Environments

Goal: To enable 650,000 underprivileged people to access safe water and improved hygiene by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To establish perennial safe drinking water systems for 650,000 underprivileged women, men, and school children in marginalized communities.
To implement education programs that promotes the adoption of best hygiene behavioral practices.
To create and maintain well-sanitized, hygiene-friendly environments in schools and communities.
To provide menstrual hygiene management education to reduce school absenteeism among pubescent girls by 2036.

Promoting Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Resilient Food Systems

GOAL: To build the capacity of 371,000 smallholder farmers to increase productivity value addition and transition to export-oriented agriculture by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To train 371,000 smallholder farmers in sustainable agricultural best practices to increase productivity by 90%.
To implement post-harvest management technologies to reduce post-harvest losses by 90%.
To provide facilities, machineries, tools, materials and technology that promote post-harvest processing, value addition, preservation, storage and marketing finished agricultural products.
To facilitate the transition from subsistence farming to export-oriented agriculture to increase farmers’ income.
To build resilient food systems those complement local food security and ensure nutritional sufficiency by 2036.

Enhancing Community Resilience and Response Capacity to Climate Change

Goal: To equip 281,000 people with environmental governance skills and restore depleted ecosystems by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To train 281,000 community members in environmental governance and biodiversity conservation.
To engage communities in the afforestation and reclamation of 173,000 hectares of depleted land and marine environments.
To restore at least 30% of depleted landscapes, freshwater bodies, forests, and marine habitats by 2036
To enhance ecosystem services, maintain balanced ecosystems, and support food production through high carbon sequestration activities.

Connecting Off-Grid Communities to Renewable Clean Energy

Goal: To improve access to affordable and equitable renewable energy for 2.9 million people by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To construct solar energy stations in off-grid communities to provide reliable power.
To distribute biogas technology and climate-friendly, flameless cooking stoves to local households.
To provide affordable renewable energy solutions to 2.9 million people across 470,000 households.
To reduce reliance on traditional biomass fuels and improve energy equity in 191 communities by 2036.

Improving Access to Affordable and Sustainable Quality Primary Health Care Services

Goal: To increase healthcare access for 461,000 people and improve health outcomes by 2036.

Specific Objectives

To increase access to affordable, equitable, and quality primary healthcare services for 461,000 underprivileged people.
To reduce maternal and child mortality rates by 50% through improved service delivery.
To mitigate sexually transmitted infections and improve reproductive and sexual health among adolescents.
To enhance public safety and human security, with the aim of increasing life expectancy rates by 40% by 2036.

Advancing Human Rights, Rule of Law, Democracy, Good Governance and Gender Equity

Goal: To promote human rights and increase the participation of marginalized groups in governance to 60% by 2036.

Specific Objectives:

To support programs and initiatives that defends the fundamental rights of women, children, persons with disabilities, and minority groups.
To champion nationwide campaigns that foster participatory democracy and transparent, accountable governance.
To increase the participation of women, youth, and minority groups in democratic and political processes.
To raise the representation of marginalized groups in key decision-making positions at all governance levels to 60% by 2036.

Enhancing Infrastructural Development for Financial Prosperity and Social Progression

GOAL: To revitalize infrastructure to support economic diversification and social development by 2036.

Specific Objectives

* To rehabilitate and improve infrastructure in tourism, transport, hospitality, sports, entertainment, and commerce.

* To transform deplorable national assets into economically productive assets to generate income and employment.

* To revitalize and diversify the economy through strategic infrastructural investments.

* To improve social development indicators by 38% by 2036 through enhanced infrastructure.