NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Wednesday 28th September 2022 – The National Disaster Management Agency through its Directorate of Communications has engaged Social Media Bloggers on Disaster Risk Communications and strides made in mitigating disasters across the country. The engagement was geared towards establishing collaboration with bloggers who will use tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, 23rd September 2022 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Communications, with support from partners, has commenced a four-day capacity building programme, targeting 320 community volunteers and community stakeholders. Welcoming the volunteers, the Director of Communications at NDMA, Mohamed L. Bah, said community volunteers/members are the main...Read More

Tihun Town, Sogbini Chiefdom, Bonthe District, Thursday 15th September 2022 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response with support from the Office of the President, has completed a swift Relief Response to 3,984 flood victims in Bonthe District, Southern Sierra Leone. On the 3rd – 5th September, 2022,...Read More

Bumpeh Town, Bo District, Saturday 3rd September 2022 – With Support from the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA), the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has presented forty (40) brand new Life Jackets to canoe owners to ensure the safety of passengers currently using sea transportation to and from Bumpeh Town. It could be recalled that...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, 24th August, 2022 — The National Disaster Management Agency has activated a Technical Working Group which comprises representatives from the Sierra Leone Institute of Geoscientists, Geology Department of Fourah Bay College (USL), Sierra Leone Institute of Engineers, UNOPS, Ministry of Environment, National Protected Area Authority, and Environmental Protection Agency to critically...Read More

Kenema City, Eastern Region, 22th August 2022 — With support from the Office of the President, The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response last week continued the provision of food and non-food items to a total population of 1,011 fire and windstorm victims in various towns and villages in...Read More

Country Lodge, Hill Station, Freetown, August 24th 2022 — SAVE the Children International has concluded a three-day capacity-building training for staff of the National Disaster Management Agency and other institutions on the protection of children and women during disasters and emergencies. The training attracted 52 participants from the NDMA, Family Support Unit of the Sierra...Read More

Bo City, Southern Sierra Leone, 17th August 2022 — The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response has over the week visited villages and towns in Moyamba, Bonthe and Bo Districts where a population of 4,833 victims were affected by windstorm and fire incidents displacing 807 households, destroying 485 houses...Read More

Mortormeh, Freetown, August 18, 2022 — Following a report received by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) from the Chiefs of Motormeh community complaining about a strange crack within their compounds, the NDMA dispatched a team headed by its Deputy Director General, John Vandi Rogers and the Director of Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness Thomas...Read More

On the morning of August 14, 2017, significant mudflow events occurred at Mortormeh in the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone. It all started with three days of torrential rainfall coupled with inimical human activities that caused a huge quantum of mud and rocks to slide and destroyed hundreds of buildings beneath whilst killing...Read More