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Save the children’s Climate champions, Generation Hope Campaign has held climate discussions with stakeholders, schools and the community on Wednesday 12 December 2023 at the Brookfield’s hotel.
The Adolescent Climate engagement provided a unique platform for students to engage with the Children’s Forum Network Climate Champions in Freetown, along with key stakeholders from the Ministry of the Environment, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency.
The workshop, was strategically scheduled at the end of COP28 (UN Climate Change Conference) to fostered meaningful interactions between students and climate change
experts, enabling them to share their concerns, experiences, and visions for a sustainable future.
With engagements like these; the climate champions are seeking expert and local ideas to mitigate the impact of climate change in Sierra Leone and beyond.
Save the Children’s Ramatu Jalloh, Director of Advocacy and Communications described the workshop as an opportunity for all present to learn from the Climate Change Champions. She revealed that they have been engaging their young champions from different schools who are also part of the children Forum Network to be part of the campaign that is call Generation Hope Campaign.
She said “Generation Hope Campaign is campaign that Save the Children started to address the issue of climate change. You may ask why we took up this campaign? It is very important for us because the world we are living now is surrounded with so many issues and what is affecting more now is climate Change. We have our children that are normally described as our future. But, the way things are going in the world with flooding, fire, hunger and all sorts of issues. We are worried that maybe the future that we should be working towards, we will not be able to realize it . So that is why Save the Children believes children are the one we need to quip now for the future,’’
The discussion climax with an interactive sessions, stakeholders engagement, commitment ceremonies and Generation Hope campaign update. The Adolescent climate workshop is a transformative and empowering experience for students , contributing to their understanding of climate Change and encouraging their active participation in environmental conversation efforts.
The Generation Hope Campaign has been reaching out to Over 10 Schools and met with the schools’ longstanding commitment to green ideals. The Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School, The Grammer School, St. Edward’s Secondary Schhol, Prince of Wales, Freetown Secondary Schools for Girls amongst the school the schools the reached out to
The pupils, acknowledged the multiple benefits of tree planting, as they received the coconut seedlings—a symbol of protection, sustenance, and a promise for the future. Alongside the seedlings, a symbolic dustbin were also presented to the school for plastic waste and for responsible waste disposal—a commitment that resonates with each student.
