NEPO Salone

As part of our annual work plan titled "Capacity Building for staff, volunteers and partnership with communities, youth-led and NGOs." We held our first quarterly training titled "Green Action for Youth Activists," to educate team members about climate change and actions young people can embark on to mitigate and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change in their communities.

The training brings together founding members, staff and volunteers of the organisation to engage in peer-to-peer mentorship facilitated by Tejan Bundu, an Environmental Chemist at Njala University in Sierra Leone . Participants were able to learn about Sierra Leone’s climate change, causes, effects and actions for a greener future.

On the 19th August 2025, the Executive Director of the Nature and Environmental Protection Organisation NEPO Salone, Tejan Bundu engages with the Head of Programmes at the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone, Dr. Edward Sesay to build partnerships for climate and environmental issues through for community resilience within the Western Area.

As climate change continues to drive negative effects on our natural environment, the most affordable long-term solutions to tackle such challenges is by working with to build community resilience against climate-related impacts. As a community-based organization working with we are open for partnerships to implement nature-based solutions at community levels with the . Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone The Environmental Foundation for Africa GEF - Green European Foundation

Freetown Mudslide, August 14, 2017

A day Sierra Leone will never forget.

Eight years ago today, a quiet morning in Regent turned into one of Sierra Leone’s darkest chapters. After relentless rainfall, the hillside of Sugar Loaf gave way unleashing a torrent of mud, rocks, and debris that tore through homes and streets. In mere minutes, over thousands of lives were lost, thousands displaced, and an entire community forever changed.

This was not just a tragedy for Regent it was a wound felt across the nation. Families shattered, children orphaned, dreams buried beneath the flood of earth and sorrow. Yet in the midst of heartbreak, stood united. We mourned together. We prayed together. And we began the long, painful journey of rebuilding together.

Today, we remember every life lost.
We honor every survivor still striving to rebuild. And we renew our call for safer communities, responsible land use, and stronger protections for our people. Gone but never forgotten. Regent Community, Sierra Leone we remember you.

Weeks ago, we engage with some members at the displaced community at 6-Mile, Western Area Rural to discuss how they felt about the new environments they never dreamed of living. The Chairlady share her experience, challenges faced in times of adaptation, resources and many others.

As a community-based organization propose to launch the in October 2025 to support communities with by educating, empowering, and distributing solar lights to households within the community. You too can be of help to ease their stress and responsibility by sponsorship, donations or partnership through our . Contact us: https://wa.me/qr/XFH54NE4HQ2GK1

GEF - Green European Foundation
UNDP in Sierra Leone
U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone
German Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone
Plan International
Save the Children Sierra Leone
Freetown City Council