Weltehungerhilfe, one of the largest international Non Governmental organizations working in Sierra Leone has donated to victims of the recent fire disaster in the Kroo Bay community. It provides development and humanitarian aid with the aim to reduce hunger wherever they work.

Weltehungerhilfe assisting the fire victims through the Freetown City Council generously donated mattresses and blankets as part of their emergency shelter kits.

The private German INGO played a leading role during the Ebola years of 2014 to 2015 by helping to provide food for thousands of victims.
Beyond the crisis, Weltehunger continues to contribute effectively to the country’s food and nutrition security with focus on the disadvantaged sections of the population.

In Sierra Leone, Welthungerhilfe works in cooperation with local government, civil society and the private sector to support communities to improve their food and nutrition security through a variety of projects.

This includes improving and diversifying agriculture, nutrition training, better access to water, sanitation and improved hygiene practices and providing training for young people to help them earn an income.

Welthungerhilfe works with 75,000 smallholder farmers in the Eastern Province with funding from the European Commission to improve the food and nutrition security and income of vulnerable households.

The project supports important cornerstones along the value chain, such as planting, harvesting, processing and marketing, for small-scale farmers growing coffee, cocoa and cashew nut.

In the three districts of Kono, Kailahun and Koinadugu, Welthungerhilfe supports 11,500 young people to rehabilitate degraded agricultural land, improve productivity and gain a better price for their coffee and cocoa beans through training in improved processing.

With the project “Linking Agriculture and Natural Resource Management towards Nutrition Security” (LANN) funded by Irish Aid, Welthungerhilfe and its partners work to improve the nutritional status of households in Kenema and Tonkolili districts through a variety of activities.

This includes training on the nutritional needs of mothers and children, improved household hygiene practices, better access to water and sanitation facilities, diversified agriculture and sustainable management of the community’s natural resources.

Welthungerhilfe also works to improve the situation of youth unemployment in Sierra Leone by creating mobile training teams who offer accredited courses to young people and small enterprises in areas needed such as renewable energy, recycling and agriculture. Business development courses are also helping young entrepreneurs and their enterprises reach their full potential.

Weltehunger also has a comprehensive waste management program for the cities of Makeni, Bo and Kenema.

Today, Bo can proudly bear the title of the cleanest city in Sierra Leone. In collaboration with the municipal administration, Welthungerhilfe declared war on the rubbish: As part of the “Klin Bo Services” initiative, they trained 60 young people as rubbish collectors. The trainees learned how to separate the rubbish and where to collect it.