Sierra Leone

Save the Children began working in Sierra Leone in 1999 in response to the civil war. Initial focus was on child reunification - Save the Children helped children to find their parents or family members and helped those children that had been forced into the fighting as child soldiers. Our current Country Strategic Plan (CSP) that covers 2022-2024 sets out our overall objectives in fulfilling all rights of children and providing social development support in four thematic program area: Child Protection, Education, Health and Child Rights Governance. We are a dual mandate organization responding in both development and humanitarian context.

Our operations is developing and implementing programs to ensure no child dies from preventable causes, all children learn from a quality basic education and violence against children is no longer tolerated by 2030. Our operations cover Western Area Urban, Western Area Rural, Pujehun, Kailahun, Kenema, Bo and Bonthe and Port Loko.

Save the Children has been implementing humanitarian response and development programs in Sierra Leone since 1999. We now operate in seven of Sierra Leone’s 16 districts with a portfolio focusing on health, education, livelihood, climate change, gender and inclusion. child protection and child governance.

In 2023, we reached over 1,741,159 children and over 65,000 adults with programming, advocacy, and support to government agencies across multiple sectors within our operational districts, including emergency preparedness and response. A range of institutional and private donors support our current portfolio.

Our current Country Strategic Plan covers 2022-2024 and sets out our Overall objectives in six core thematic areas:

● Health and Nutrition (focus on adolescents and maternal child health)
● Education
● Child Protection
● Child Rights Governance
● Food Security and Livelihood
● Climate Change