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in Jordan, two adolescent girls use cellphones outside a solar kiosk in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees

GIGA

Connecting Every School to the Internet

Fatima Kanu, holding her son, 13-month-old Menday Sesay, smiles outside a building in Manjaga Village in Bombali District

Developing Policy Guidance: AI & Child Rights

DSTI Sierra Leone scientist contributes to Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights policy with support from UNICEF

Isatu Conteh holds her son, 4-month-old James Kamara, in Maforay Village, in Safroko Limba Chiefdom, Bombali District

Transforming the Country through Innovation

Developing a platform that will provide the government with up-to-date information and insights about schools and the quality of learning

Children stand outside the child friendly space at the temporary displacement centre in Regent community, Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. The child friendly space gives children affected by the mudslide a safe place to play, under the care of trained counsellors.

Sierra Leone Mudslide Response 2017

C4D in Humanitarian Action Case Study: Using digital platforms to place affected populations at the heart of the response

On 18 August 2017, a woman and child queue up for a consultation at the UNICEF-supported newly established health post at the temporary displacement centre in Regent community in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Freetown was hit by a massive landslide on Monday 14 August.

A Helping Hand During Tragedy in Sierra Leone

U-Reporters' immediate alerts prompted quick emergency response

Community Health Worker (CHW) Brima Bangura, carrying health papers, walks through Maforay Village in Safroko Limba Chiefdom, Bombali District. Two boys are visible behind him. Mr. Bangura became a CHW in 2012 to help bring basic maternal and child health services closer to his village.

Mapping Community Health Workers with Satellites

Quick access to new data helps Sierra Leone understand their health workforce

A community Health Volunteer marks a youn girls hand after she has received a polio vaccination as part of a four day nation wide polio vaccination campaign in Tunkia, near to Kenema in Sierra Leone

Tracking Medicines in Sierra Leone

RapidPro for real-time feedback on the nationwide distribution of free health care supplies

Fatuma Swaray, 10 years old and whose mother and father died from ebola, attends a class in a primary school in Waterloo Freetown, Sierra Leone

Making Schools Safer During Ebola

We needed to come up with a solution that was robust and easy to deploy, one which would allow us to quickly monitor schools.

Mariama Conteh, director of The Happy Centre, Sierra Leone

Alpha Launch of U-Report Sierra Leone

The U-reporter community of Sierra Leone brings youth to the forefront of the Ebola response–and makes their voices heard