This week, we ended phase two of our 2020 #FloodMitigation activities! In this phase, 21 of our 48 wards benefitted and we cleared 56 locations prone to flooding during heavy rains! Thank you to our partners EU, Irish Aid, RSLAF, CRS and Caritas for helping us clear drains, bridges, culverts and other waterways and immediately […]
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Yesterday, a delegation from the Embassy of China donated 20,000 face masks to FCC on behalf of the Hefei City Municipal Government in the People’s Republic of China.The support comes as part of the China’s support to Sierra Leone in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease.The donation was made to Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr by the
Today, GOAL handed over one vacuum truck and two motorcycles to Freetown City Council as part the Faecal Sludge Management Project. The vacuum truck and motorcycles will support FCC in achieving its #TransformFreetown sanitation target which, in part, aims to increase safe disposal of liquid waste from 6% to 60%.The truck will be leased to
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Today, FCC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and NACOVERC, launched the Armed Forces Training Centre (AFTC) Community Care Centre (CCC) at Benguema, Waterloo. The launch was made official by a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony by Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Mr Abdul-Rahman Fofanah, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the presence of Councillors
We are pleased to have directly received this technical note from the International Monetary Fund on their views on the property tax reform. Great to see that the IMF expert view is supportive. FCC is committed to #TransformFreetown #FurtherTogether
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FREETONIANS PLANT TREES ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY Pelumi, an 8 a year-old who picked up a seedling from our tree giveaway at Aberdeen on World Environment Day, was excited to take what he has been learning about plants and the environment outside the classroom!He joins FCC and many other Freetonians on our journey to plant
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On Friday as part of the World Environment Day Celebrations, FCC gave out over 1000 trees to residents in the city as part of the #FreetownTheTreeTown Campaign!Freetonians young and old showed their appreciation for the gift of neem, cashew, tamarind (tombi) and moringa seedlings given to them as part of the celebrations. These trees will
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Today, on #WorldEnvironmentDay, Freetown City organized a ceremony to mark the start of planting of 1 million trees for the #FreetownTheTreeTown Campaign!The ceremony, held at the Annie Walsh Memorial School, also honored the life of the late Rev. Linda Koroma, who passed away recently. Rev. Linda Koroma, together with Mrs Nemata Majeks Walker, had helped
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This morning we held a consultation meeting with a cross section of representatives of the Krio Descendants Union, the Krio Community and others. Among those present were Mr Samuel Valcarcel, Mr Kobi Walker, Mr Christoph E F John, Mrs Josephine Buck, Alhaji Savage and Madame Femi Claudius-Cole. The meeting, which was convened at their request,
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