The inclusion of disability in the draft of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents a significant shift in international development priorities. Unlike the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),...
The Welfare Society for Disability (WESOFOD), a non-governmental organization has on September 7, 2024 launched a major initiative in the Pujehun District aimed at increasing the enrollment of children...
The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), has on the 22nd May, 2024 held a day stakeholder’s engagement with persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups with support from Sightsavers...
With financial backing from Trocaire under the SIOBHAN EDUCATION FOR ALL PROJECT, the Welfare Society For the Disabled in Sierra Leone has launched a comprehensive needs assessment targeting children aged...
The Deputy Commissioner of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), Sir Jimmy Batilo Songa has addressed a group of persons with disabilities on the Social Safety Nets (SSN) Project which ended in...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has on the 1st February, 2024 distributed 300 wheelchairs and other materials to People With Disabilities (PWDs) in the nation’s capital Freetown. The...
The Welfare Society For the Disabled, in collaboration with the SUN DAY Foundation, recently marked the International Day of Persons with Disability at the Pujehun District Council Hall. This event, held...
The 2015 population census in Sierra Leone revealed that 93,129 individuals, constituting 1.3% of the total population of 7,076,119, are living with disabilities, according to the data from Statistic Sierra...
Persons with Disability (PWDs) have said they want one of them to be appointed as deputy minister of social welfare. Speaking in an interview after a press conference held by the Sierra Leone Union on...
In a recent press release, the Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues (SLUDI) has called upon President Bio to appoint a person with a disability as the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare. The union emphasizes...
