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Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on IWD, joins other female public leaders at the official launch of the Amujae Initiative, flagship initiative of The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development.

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I commemorated International Women’s Day with other female public leaders at the official launch of the Amujae Initiative, the flagship initiative of The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development. The launch took place in Monrovia, Liberia. I am honored to be a member of the first cohort of ‘Amujae Leaders’, a diverse […]

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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr meets with other African mayors and experts working to build sustainable cities and achieve SDG 11 at the Africa Day Summit

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Over the last two days, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr has been meeting with other African mayors and experts working to build sustainable cities and achieve SDG 11 at the Africa Day Summit and related events, organized by the European Investment Bank and UN Habitat. The Summit aims to bring city and government leaders, and international institutions to

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FCC engages the Inter-Religious Council and with market chairpersons about raising awareness on Coronavirus prevention.

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Over the last two days, FCC engaged the Inter-Religious Council and with market chairpersons about raising awareness on Coronavirus prevention. The engagement involved discussions around symptoms and prevention measures as prescribed by WHO and the Ministry of Health and a strong plea to pass on the message. All market chairpersons received Veronica buckets for their

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FCC’s enforcement of sanitation bye-laws continues as the teams of sanitary inspectors, Metropolitan police, and trade marshalls, supported by the Military Police

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FCC’s enforcement of sanitation bye-laws continues as the teams of sanitary inspectors, Metropolitan police, and trade marshalls, supported by the Military Police, visited 436 homes in different parts of the city last week. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr took time out last week to support their efforts by engaging traders along the Jomo Kenyatta Road, a non-trading street,

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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Hosts the First Women4Climate Mentorship Program Orientation Session

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Yesterday, Freetown City Council (FCC), in collaboration with UN Women and Sierra Leone Women Engineers (SLWE) held an orientation session for the first cohort of the Women4Climate Mentorship Program mentees and mentors. Women4Climate is an initiative adopted by C40 Cities that engages female Mayors across the globe who are committed to tackling issues of climate

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Transform Freetown One Year Report

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TransformFreetown – the city’s inclusive approach to addressing some of the long-standing challenges Freetown faces, was launched on 24th January 2019. One year on, we are pleased to share our report of progress made in respect of the 19 targets set within the 11 priority sectors and 4 clusters of Transform Freetown. From helping 800

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New Mural Unveiled at New England

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On Friday 24th January, Marcus Olsson, on behalf of Affixed Productions, unveiled his latest artwork at Jomo Kenyatta Road in the presence of Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr. The mural celebrates Sierra Leone’s high religious tolerance, which manifests itself through the many inter-faith marriages and families. The mural is also meant to increase motivation for religious tolerance

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The American Institute of Architects Assists Mayor Aki-Sawyerr with Plans to Regenerate the City

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Three high-profile representatives from the American Institute of Architects – Mr. Joel Mills, Senior Director of the American Institute of Architects; Ms. Erin Simmons, Senior Director of Design Assistance – Center for Communities at the American Institute of Architects; and Mr Wayne Feiden, Director of Planning & Sustainability for the City of Northampton, Massachusetts –

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Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for IT Partner / Firm to Provide Capacity Support to Customize, Manage and Maintain a Property Tax and Business License IT System for the Freetown City Council (FCC)

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Tender No: 2020A1 Background The Mayor of Freetown and the Freetown City Council (FCC) is pursuing a strong reform agenda, under the Transform Freetown Agenda.  Hence, the FCC has developed plans to achieve targets across 11 sectors and related initiatives include sanitation reform, construction of low-cost housing, and improving water supply. Dependency on external sources

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FCC Plants 70 Trees Across 4 Schools

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As part of our efforts to make #FreetownTheTreeTown, on Tuesday 14th January, we planted 70 trees across four schools: the Methodist Girls High School, Freetown Secondary School for Girls, St Edwards Secondary School & E.B Williams Municipal School. We are planting 1 million trees in Freetown this year; would you help us reach that goal?

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