Approved School Juvenile Home, East End, Freetown, May 1 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has responded swiftly to a devastating fire that tore through the settlement of physically challenged persons on Pademba Road in Freetown in the early hours of Friday morning. The incident caused widespread destruction, claimed the life of one...Read More
Freetown, April 27, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), with support from the World Bank, has successfully concluded its district-level engagements on the development of District Contingency and Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Plans in Port Loko District. The engagement, which ended on Wednesday, April 23, 2026, is supported under the Resilient Urban...Read More
Freetown, April 21 2026 – Sierra Leone’s Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), John Vandy Rogers, is taking center stage at the 17th Meeting of the Regional Committee of Heads of Disaster Management in West Africa (GECEAO), which began on April 21 and will conclude on April 23, 2026, following his unanimous...Read More
Iceland Embassy, Fudia Terrace, Spur Loop, Freetown, April 17, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) visited the Iceland Embassy in Freetown to deepen collaboration in advancing the blue economy while strengthening disaster preparedness and resilience, particularly for coastal and riverine communities vulnerable to environmental risks. The delegation, led by Director General John Vandy...Read More
Freetown, Monday, April 13, 2026 – The Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Sulaiman B. Sowa, participated in a high-level meeting of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR), held from March 26 to 27, 2026, in Burundi. The meeting, convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) with the...Read More
Freetown, Wednesday, April 8 2026 – The Director of Partnership at the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Soko M. Kai-Samba, is representing Sierra Leone at the 16th Conference of Parties (CoP16) of the African Risk Capacity, currently underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The high-level continental forum, which commenced on April 8, 2026, has brought together...Read More
NDMA Headquarters, April 2, 2026 – The Gender and Social Inclusion Unit of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) convened the maiden meeting of its “Women in Disaster Management initiative” with the Director General, John Vandy Rogers, on Tuesday, 31st March 2026. The meeting focused on reviewing the initiative’s Terms of Reference, aimed at strengthening...Read More
NDMA’s Headquarters, Freetown, March 12 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has successfully concluded a response intervention to assist schools and households affected by recent fire and windstorm incidents across seven districts in the country. The response commenced on March 7 2026 in Kenema District and concluded on March 10 2026 in Tonkolili...Read More
