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West and Central Africa

Fatmata Binta Jalloh, an interviewer in the ongoing Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Sierra Leone, interviews Alimamy Ali Hashim, at his business place in Freetown.

Evidence, policy and social protection

Generating evidence to deliver for children

A boy plays football at a temporary camp set up by the Government of Sierra Leone with support from UNICEF and other partners after flash floods and mudslide hit parts of Freetown in 2017.

Emergencies

UNICEF's emergency preparedness and response in Sierra Leone

A child learns to write at an Early Childhood Development centre in Minthomore village, Port Loko District.

Early childhood development

UNICEF is working with the Government and communities to make early moments matter for every child in Sierra Leone.

Two girls stand outside the St. George Orphanage in Grafton, just outside Freetown.

Child protection

UNICEF keeps engaging parents, caregivers and adolescent girls and boys to end child marriage in Sierra Leone

A mother carries her baby in a Special Baby Care Unit at the Kenema Government Hospital

Maternal, neonatal and child health

UNICEF works with the Government to ensure quality and uninterrupted delivery of comprehensive health services to children and women in Sierra Leone

A boy in class with his classmates.

Education

UNICEF works with the Government to provide access to education and marketable skills for Out-Of-School Children in Sierra Leone

A girl squats by a bowl of water fetched from a community well provided by UNICEF.

Water, sanitation and hygiene

UNICEF works with the Government of Sierra Leone and other partners to improve access to quality WASH facilities for children in the country

Isatu with her son Roy. Isatu relies on the sales from the market to raise her family

Alleviating household poverty through cash transfers

Working with the Government of Sierra Leone and development partners to support social safety nets

A Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) newly established at the Kailahun District Hospital eastern Sierra Leone

Government of Sierra Leone, Government of China and UNICEF unveil newly established SCBU in Kailahun

A Community Health Worker talks with a woman carrying a baby, in Freetown western Sierra Leone

Community Health Workers supporting COVID-19 sensitization

Working with partners to prevent deaths and illness due to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone