Freetown, February 6 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has formally bid farewell to the outgoing Country Representative of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Madam Jeanne Ella Andrianambinina, at a brief but memorable ceremony held at the CRS Headquarters, Hill Station, Freetown. The farewell event followed a courtesy visit earlier this week by CRS...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
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
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
Taiama Town, Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba District – Friday, 9 January 2025 The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), has officially launched an ECOWAS-supported humanitarian project aimed at improving the welfare of Persons of Concern (POCs) in Sierra...Read More
National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC)Update on the Burst GVWC Pipe at MamboDate: 15th January 2026The repair works on the damaged GVWC transmission pipe at Mambo have been successfully completed, and the normal supply of water to Freetown has now been fully reinstated. Following the demolition exercise carried out yesterday at Mambo,...Read More
Freetown, 21st January 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has conducted a rapid assessment in Suen and Batbai villages, Ribbi Chiefdom, Moyamba District, following a fire incident that occurred on 17th January 2026, which resulted in the complete destruction of two (2) houses in Batbai village and fifteen (15) houses in Suen village...Read More
Freetown, 23 January 2026 – The Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Mr. Sulaiman B. Sowa, has led an emergency response following a fatal incident involving a fallen tree branch along Blama Road in Kenema City on 22 January 2026, which claimed the life of a young woman and left three...Read More
NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, 30 January 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Thursday, 29 January 2026, hosted the first Inter-Pillar Coordination Group Meeting of the year, bringing together the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency (SLMET), the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) and a host of partners to strengthen collaboration on disaster preparedness, risk...Read More
