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

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, March 10th 2023: The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) in partnership with Bournemouth University (BU) with funding support from UK’s prestigious Research England (RE), has launched a research document titled: Evaluating Local Disaster Management in Sierra Leone (EVALDIS) Report 2023 to enhance effective management of disasters at the local level in...Read More

NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, March 8th 2023: In a bid to diversify the concept of Disaster Management as a new phenomenon in Sierra Leone, the National Disaster Management Agency organized a one-day symposium to lecture Students offering Disaster Management from the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone...Read More