Author: Truth Media

The Salmana Heart Foundation has officially launched the Salmana Heart Hospital in Tombo/Madina, a development residents say could transform access to healthcare in the community after decades of struggle with inadequate services.

Save the Children, in partnership with the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs and the Child Justice Steering Committee, has intensified efforts to combat child marriage by training police investigators and state prosecutors on the enforcement of Sierra Leone’s landmark Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2024.

As West African leaders convene in Freetown for the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, women’s rights advocates are pressing for urgent regional action to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

The Environment Protection Agency-Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), in partnership with the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA), has conducted a refresher training for rangers, under the Western Area Peninsula Project, on the legal framework governing protected areas in Sierra Leone. The training took place at the Family Kingdom in Freetown on July 14, 2026.

The Freetown City Council (FCC), through its Freetown Tree Town Project, has intensified efforts to build climate resilience by training Community Climate Action Ambassadors from several hillside and coastal communities across the capital.