YoMSuD-SL is striving to give Youth the opportunity to learn and develop by acquiring knowledge about World Heritage protection, conservation and promotion. The driving force of the program is the involvement of youth as a major segment of the community, considering cultural dimensions, encouraging them to become thinkers and actors of development.
(ASRHR) AMONG 600 ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN FALABA DISTRICT PHASE 1
Dembelia Sinkunia Chiefdom is located in the Northern part of Sierra Leone bordering the Republic of Guinea. Subsistence farming, cattle rearing, timber harvesting and backyard gardening are their major sources of livelihood, majority at 90% are Muslims and significant group of Christians. The population is made up of different ethnic groups such as Yalunka, Fullah, Limba and Kuranko.
Their religious and cultural practices influence their social life and livelihood greatly this resulted to high teenage pregnancy, early child/forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) leaving young people in the communities more stranded especially the adolescent girls within the Chiefdom.
Sinkunia community in Falaba District is facing environmental challenges because of human activities. These challenges are deforestation, charcoal production, timber logging, bushfires to name but few.
In an effort to effectively protect, sustainably manage the environment and natural resources to ensure a quality of the environment adequate for human health, a team of Youth Movement for Sustainable Development Sierra Leone (YoMSuD-SL) officials have organized a sensitization meeting at the Sinkunia Community Barray Saturday 9 September 2018.
(ASRHR) AMONG 600 ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN FALABA DISTRICT PHASE 2
Dembelia Sinkunia Chiefdom is located in the Northern part of Sierra Leone bordering the Republic of Guinea. Subsistence farming, cattle rearing, timber harvesting and backyard gardening are their major sources of livelihood, majority at 90% are Muslims and significant group of Christians. The population is made up of different ethnic groups such as Yalunka, Fullah, Limba and Kuranko.
Their religious and cultural practices influence their social life and livelihood greatly this resulted to high teenage pregnancy, early child/forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) leaving young people in the communities more stranded especially the adolescent girls within the Chiefdom.