Location: Kpandebu Dama Funded by: Rainforest Trust This year, with funding from Rainforest Trust, we are undertaking a comprehensive Rapid Forest Assessment of Kpandebu Dama Tihun Forest, a unique island forest on the Moa river in eastern Sierra Leone. Through this project we will document the forest’s biodiversity, ecological condition, and conservation significance through wildlife… Read more: 2026–2027 – Rapid Forest Assessment of Kpandebu Dama Tihun Forest

Location: Kenema In 2026, we partnered with Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary to deliver their Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots Programme in schools across Kenema District, eastern Sierra Leone. Through this collaboration, we provide training and learning resources to students on biodiversity conservation, climate action, environmental leadership, and community mobilisation while establishing Roots & Shoots environmental… Read more: 2026 – Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Programme Sierra Leone

Location: Kenema District, Sierra Leone Environmental education remains at the heart of our mission. In 2025, we expanded our Environmental Education Programme called The Environmental Journey from a small number of schools to 10 primary and secondary schools, reaching more than 1,000 students. Through interactive lessons, practical activities, and environmental clubs, students learned about climate… Read more: 2025 – Expansion of The Environmental Journey Program

Location: Bafawahun, Diama, Kotomahun, Nekabo In 2025, we launched an ambitious community-led reforestation programme to restore degraded landscapes across four rural communities in Kenema District, eastern Sierra Leone. With the help of SLEM volunteers, residents, and community leaders, we planted more than 10,000 native tree seedlings, restoring over six hectares of degraded land. This project… Read more: Community Reforestation and Landscape Restoration

Location: Kenema City, Bafawahun Village Funded by: Fundraising on GoFundMe In 2024, we partnered with schools and the rural community of Bafawahun to promote climate-smart agriculture and sustainable farming. Through practical, hands-on learning, students and community members gained knowledge of sustainable farming techniques that improve food security while protecting the environment. We established school gardens… Read more: 2024- Training in Climate-Smart Agriculture & School Garden Initiative