• Our Mission

    Our Mission

    The mission of SHARP is to eliminate poverty and socio-economic barriers to well-being caused by climate vulnerability in Sierra Leone.

  • Emergency Response to Flood Victims

    Emergency Response to Flood Victims

    Slum communities flood multiple times during the rainy season every year. Our team responds by providing food, clothing, toiletries, and bedding to help victims in desperate need of food and dry clothing.

  • Sustainable Agriculture

    Sustainable Agriculture

    We provide training and seed and tool loans to small farmers. We are finding solutions to hunger.

  • Education

    Education

    Our programs are strongly based on providing a quality education, building schools, and preparing children to be healthy and productive members of the community.

Children and families in Sierra Leone need your help to break through cycles of poverty due to yearly disastrous flooding.

Our seed and tool loan program impacts

 

534

people

Our agronomic training was provided to

 

89

new farmers

Our first school in Freetown now enrolls

 

205

pupils annually

Our new village school for farmers’ children enrolled

 

56

pupils in its first year

Our disaster relief program provides emergency needs to

 

100

families during floods

The cycle of disastrous flooding is a root cause of poverty in Sierra Leone.

Every year over 10,000 people have their lives upended by extreme weather, keeping families trapped in a cycle of poverty.
 
During the flood season, students are unable to attend school. Property is destroyed, throwing families into a financial crisis.
 
Disease spreads. 
Businesses are destroyed. 
Local economies and families are thrown into health and economic disparity during extreme weather conditions.

 

Over 1,000 people dead and over 15,000 people left homeless from the floods and landslides of 2017
10 people dead and over 10,000 people left homeless in 2015 floods

Children and families in Sierra Leone need your help to break through cycles of poverty due to yearly disastrous flooding.

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