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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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 –
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
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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On Wednesday 9th January, CRS handed over a DFID-funded utility vehicle to the Freetown City Council. The donation comes as part of Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s efforts to build the Council’s capacity to deliver on its sanitation mandate – cleaning public spaces, managing dumpsites and enforcing sanitation bye-laws. The vehicle will be used by FCC’s sanitary inspectors
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Background One of the critical components of the Transform Freetown Agenda is the immediate need to address the urban mobility challenge of congestion particularly resulting in street trading. The Freetown City Council (FCC) has undertaken a wide consultation exercise and has devised a strategy to address this mobility challenge through collaboration with the private sector
Mayor Yvonne engaged with Masada and their partner The Waste Transformer (TWT), Netherland on a waste to energy project. The Pilot Project, which is a sustainable development initiative, will target the installation of Waste Digester at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre. This project will commence in the next few weeks. Waste will be collected from residence
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Today, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr launched FCC’s latest innovative platform in the presence of FCC Councillors and staff at the Mayor’s Parlour. The website – www.discoverfreetown.sl – will help residents and visitors of Freetown to learn about events and businesses in the city. The website supports the city’s TransformFreetown tourism target, as it will boost patronage and in turn revenues for
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On Tuesday & Wednesday, Freetown City Council was represented at a participatory workshop on Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Mobility that was organised by the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, in association with University College London. The team, from the Mayor’s Delivery Unit (MDU), used the opportunity of the forum to seek out the views of
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Our city-wide property geo-mapping has started after a successful pilot in three wards early this year. The geo-mapping initiative, which is funded by DFID, started as a pledge during Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s Fo Wi Komyuniti, Fo Wi Friton, Fo Wi Progress campaign. Today, it was launched by the Mayor, in the presence of Councillors and staff
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