Freetown, 14th September 2023 – Following the massive floods that destroyed houses, businesses, public facilities, and livestock at Delken Village, Sittia Chiefdom, Bonthe District on 1st September 2023, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) sanctioned a team of assessment officers who visited the village to ascertain the extent of the damage caused by the floods...Read More

WMA School, Wellington, Eastend Freetown, 29th August 2023 – Concern Worldwide, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and the Freetown City Council (FCC) has launched the construction of an additional 143-meter-long drainage at Water Street in Wellington. This is in addition to the 155-meter drainage constructed in mid-2022 with technical support from...Read More

Freetown, 21st August 2023 – A team from the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) over the weekend embarked on vulnerability risk assessments in various disaster-prone communities in Freetown to ascertain the impact of NDMA’s risk reduction interventions and identify high-risk hazards for action. The team which comprised both Directors of Risk Reduction & Preparedness and...Read More

ECOWAS, NDMA & MBSSE Commence Training on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Education Family Kingdom Resort, Freetown, 14th August 2023 – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Disaster Risk Reduction, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) have...Read More

Freetown, 5th July 2023 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness together with the Sierra Leone Road Authority (SLRA) and the Engineering Unit of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) on July 4th, 2023 completed a joint assessment on drainage at Becckes Street that...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, 18th July 2023 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response has organized a one-day symposium on Aeronautical Search and Rescue (A-SAR) for various state actors in ensuring effective emergency preparedness and response. As provided for in Section 11(s) of the NDMA Act of 2020,...Read More

Bo City, 12th May 2023 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has successfully concluded the implementation of a simulation exercise on fire prevention and road safety in Bo City. The World Bank, through the Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (RUSLP), funded the exercise. The National Simulation Exercise (Simex) which commenced on the 9th and...Read More

Bumbuna Town, Dansogoia Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, 5th May 2023 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (R, M&E) has concluded an impact assessment of the World Bank-funded simulation exercise conducted in Bumbuna to ascertain gaps and challenges in domesticating emergency response at the local level.In November 2022,...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Freetown, May 3rd, 2023 – In a bid to strengthen its disaster risk management and response interventions, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Partnership has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RE:ACT for a strategic partnership in protecting the vulnerable during a crisis and supporting critical infrastructure and...Read More

Freetown, April 20th, 2023 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA), with support from the Robert Flight Information Region (RFIR) based in Liberia, has established an aeronautical search and rescue sub-centre at the Freetown international airport (FNA). The RFIR is an international organization established on January 17th,...Read More