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March 2019

Freetown City Council Receives Portable Fecal Sludge Pump From Save The Children International

  On Friday, 22nd March 2019, Save the Children International, an international non-governmental organisation operating in Freetown, handed over a portable fecal sludge vacuum pump and waste collectors trained to operate it to the Freetown City Council, to support the Council’s efforts to improve the collection and disposal of liquid waste in the municipality. Mr […]

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Freetown City Council’s Partners Donate Shelter Kits to Fire Disaster Victims at Kroo Bay

  Throughout the weekend, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and a small team from the Freetown City Council continued their efforts to resettle members of the Kroo Bay & Susan’s Bay Communities that were affected by fire disasters two weeks ago. On Saturday, the Mayor shared the Council’s short and long term plans to over 400 households

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Deputy Mayor of Freetown Facilitates Stakeholder Meeting about Relief for Victims of Kroo Bay Fire Disaster

Yesterday, the Deputy Mayor of the Freetown City Council, together with other senior officials, paid a a follow-up visit to the site of a fire incident that happened at Kroo Bay in the early hours of Monday morning. During the visit, the Deputy Mayor, Osman Thollo Koroma, facilitated the planning of a sustainable course of

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Mayor of Freetown Meets with Dr. Jane Goodall, the World’s Most Foremost Expert on Chimpanzees

Today, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr met with Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned anthropologist, environmentalist and U.N Messenger of Peace, in Freetown. The meeting started with a tree-planting exercise at the Taylor-Cummings Garden, next to the Cotton Tree. Five trees were planted by Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr; Dr. Jane Goodall; the Founder & Director of

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FCC Appeals to Residents against Burning Garbage after the National Cleaning Exercise

Freetown City Council staff are currently on major radio and television stations across the city to appeal to the public against the rampant burning of garbage after the national cleaning exercise. This practice poses serious problems for both the environment and the health of the residents of Freetown, contrary to what the cleaning exercise is

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