A Helping Hand During Tragedy in Sierra Leone
The sheer scale of the devastation witnessed in and around Freetown, Sierra Leone is difficult to comprehend. One early morning in August, after days of torrential rains, Sugar Loaf mountain partially collapsed and sent tons of mud and rock avalanching over houses, killing hundreds of people. Many people were killed in their sleep, trapped inside…, Rapid response, The day the mudslide happened, U-Reporters immediately started sending messages reporting on what had happened. This allowed UNICEF, with funding from USAID, to quickly respond to the emergency and send messages to around 2,000 people in the affected areas.Thousands of responses were analysed in real-time and highlighted people’s biggest concerns…