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Sierra Leone inter-faith action towards credible, free, fair and non-violent election This project aims to contribute to ensuring there is a peaceful, free, fair credible and non- violence elections process in 2018 Elections. The announcement of elections in 2018 came at the backdrop of a number of socio-economic and political challenges the country has been grappling with. This includes the outbreak of the Ebola virus and the collapse of the mining sector that exposed the fragility of the country’s economic growth pattern resulting in loss of jobs and revenue for the country. Ebola in particular was as much a health crisis, as a crisis of governance. It exposed the country’s weak health system and brought to the fore the demand for increased accountability of national resources following the Ebola audit that highlighted mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. With women and young people particularly affected by the Ebola outbreak and a weak opposition mired in violence and serious internal wrangling to hold the government to account, the 2018 elections raise the spectre of political disaffection, disillusionment and isolated violence in a bitter struggle – both at party and national level – to succeed the outgoing President.The project rationale is further basing on the role and experiences of faith leaders in the recent Ebola outbreak, where faith leaders exhibit their local legitimacy beyond just mediation and reconciliation. Therefore, this approach is seeking to utilise an independent but also much broad based system to the 2018 election cycle in promoting civic education, peace messages and in supporting the efforts of the EMB and other actors targeting vulnerable groups including women, people with disability, young people (first time voters for example) in the electoral process.
Provision of food and non food items for flood disaster victims in Bo District. This project aims to provide prompt lifesaving support to the people of Bo district, Sierra Leone. 

In 2015, 10 communities in three chiefdoms in the Bo district were hit with severe flooding. The few school buildings not destroyed by the floods were used as temporary shelters for the displaced people. School activities are put on hold in the affected area because school children lost school uniforms, books, and footwear. Teachers and school children have been displaced by the flooding.

Furthermore, the flooding brought health complications to the victims by exposing them to water-borne diseases, like cholera, diarrhoea and typhoid due to the absence of safe drinking water. The Peripheral Health Unit is being overwhelmed with the influx of sick people thereby leading to a shortage of drugs. Women and children suffer from malaria; children also suffer from cold, the inhabitants of these school buildings are also exposed to the dangers of crawling animals in the surrounding area. The flooding also affected livelihood activities by destroying farm land and livestock. 

Support from Caritas is expected to focus on life saving support. The first course of action will include the, provision of items such as mattresses, food and Non Food Items, setting up of safe water points, bucket chlorination with chlorine aqua tabs.

As a Long term Plan, Caritas intends to support victims with the reconstruction of their family houses, provision of seed rice, farming tools, livestock, food and cash for work, improved water and Sanitisation facilities.
Rendering Educational and Vocational assistance to Ebola orphans and young persons in Western Rural There has been an unprecedented outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone. Since the outbreak of EVD in May 2014, local partners and the Government of Sierra Leone conducted Ebola sensitization and awareness raising campaigns. These covered messages on the prevention and control of the spread of Ebola in various communities in the north. In communities hit by Ebola and poverty, there are hundreds of children/ young persons who may not be orphans, but who have been made more vulnerable by Ebola thus becoming Ebola victims. In addition to informal needs assessments based on field observation and community consultation, the protection and livelihood needs of Ebola victims/orphans, have been identified through consultations and Focus Group Discussions held by our field officers. For example, children whose parents were ill with Ebola might not receive the care and support they require.  

Orphans and vulnerable children have many different needs; for love, security, attention, health, shelter, nutrition and many others. One of the most important needs that orphans have is education. Education is a basic human right for all children, as recognized in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A child who has access to quality primary schooling has a better chance in life. A child who knows how to read, write and do basic arithmetic has a solid foundation for continued learning throughout life. Education is critically important to children’s social integration and psychosocial well-being. School attendance helps children affected by trauma to regain a sense of normalcy and to recover from the psychosocial impacts of their experiences and disrupted lives. However, the effects of the EVD outbreak on children in Sierra Leone have been catastrophic, depriving them the opportunity to access this basic human right. 
The project plans to offer assistance in providing livelihood support and education support to target beneficiaries. Livelihood support will consist of providing apprenticeship/ attachment to life skill training centres for carpentry, welding, masoning, tailoring and gara tie dying and working tools will be provided for beneficiaries. On the other hand, education support will consist of proving school fees, uniforms and a school kit which includes books, , pens and pencil, and ceremonial uniforms etc. This is geared to help beneficiaries regain lost dignity and alleviate their poverty level, which is a major pillar of CAFOD intervention strategies in poor communities. The assessment of the beneficiaries needs was based on consultations and focus group discussions held last year with chiefdom authorities and including vulnerable members of the community especially women, disabled, children and Ebola victims’ families since they were in a better place to know and identify Ebola victims and those in desperate needs or rather most vulnerable or poorest of the poor.
CAFOD & EC Funded Unlocking the Potential of the Moringa Cake Project  - Caritas Makeni and Kenema. This proposal directly addresses the long term improvement of food security of Sierra Leone through the development of small scale livestock and inland fisheries sustainable production schemes. The action will use innovative and locally appropriate approaches and technologies to improve food and income security of vulnerable populations, especially women and youth affected by conflict in Sierra Leone; thereby contributing to the realisation of MDG 1 (i.e. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger). 
This will be achieved through developing capacities of local partners and selected communities in Bombali and Kenema districts to enable them pilot innovative, cost effective and locally appropriate initiatives that are locally owned and driven in the production, value addition, consumption and marketing of organic fresh water fish and poultry.
Design a Monitoring and Evaluation System for CAFOD Sierra Leone & Liberia The overall objective of this consultancy aims at enabling CAFOD to set up an M&E system to regularly and systematically track its contribution to policy influence and monitor its progress towards the attainment of its strategic goals and its Strategic Plan, thus enhancing accountability and credibility. The purpose is the establishment of an operational monitoring and evaluation system for her programmes in order to effectively monitor project progress and achievement
Ebola sensitisation and orphan mapping -contribution to December 2014 'Western Surge' in Freetown As of 14 December, the cumulative number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone is estimated to have reached 8,356, with a total of 2,085 deaths. The number of cases has surprised those in Liberia, leaving Sierra Leone the worst affected country. 

The Western Area of Sierra Leone, where the capital Freetown is located, is one of the areas worst affected by the outbreak and where transmission remains persistent. The Government and aid agencies have introduced stiff measures to try and stem the spread of the disease. The 15 day "Western Area Surge" exercise includes travel restrictions and additional sensitisation programmes. 

This 15 day StreetChild project is a contribution to the 'Western Area Surge" over the Christmas period and will provide ebola education to 20,250 families, strengthen community structures to identify and report ebola cases and record ebola orphans or any children who are vulnerable as a result of the outbreak.
Development of a five-year Strategic Plan for the Inter-faith intervention in HIV and AIDS The HIV & AIDS Inter-Faith Strategy for Sierra Leone will help to secure a sustainable and quality response from various religious and faith based organizations to respond to the issue of HIV & AIDS in the country. It is widely recognized and believed that Sierra Leoneans value their faiths and their faiths influence their behaviors to a large extent.
Sierra Leone Emergency Cholera response 2012 Sierra Leone is experiencing a severe cholera outbreak, declared an emergency by its President on August 16. The outbreak arrived in the capital, Freetown, in June, and cases have now been detected in 10 of the country’s 13 districts.  As of August 22, there have been close to 12,500 cases nation-wide with 224 deaths, a case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.8%.  Western Area district, which includes the capital, Freetown, has the highest number of cases, reporting nearly half of all cases nationwide. 

Cases still seem to be on the rise, indicating that the epidemic curve may not have yet reached its peak.  Given that the rainy season is currently at its height, there is significant concern that the outbreak will continue to escalate over the coming months and may not begin to subside until after the rains end.  In addition, there is much population movement both within the country and between Sierra Leone and neighboring Guinea, which has also declared an outbreak.

This is an 8 week project which will be implemented through CRS and local Caritas partners and will focus on household hygiene and food safety. These activities will provide people with access to clean water and the awareness and practical tools to protect themselves from infection, thereby curbing the spread of the current cholera outbreak.
Capacity Strengthening of WASH committees on their roles and responsibilities Water Sanitation and Hygiene is a key component of CAFOD's programme intervention under the Emergency Preparedness Response and Recovery. Capacity strengthening of partners and communities is critical to the successful implementation of  this component. this project seeks to enhance the knowledge and skills of  60 community WASH Committees (pump mechanics and pump care takers) on the national WASH standards, Operation, Maintenance and  hygiene promotion for the  sustainability of  community WASH facilities .
Encyclical Workshop for staff and partners. An encyclical is a letter issued by the Pope to the churches worldwide, i.e. to bishops, priests, religious people, and the whole faithful Catholic world.  Usually, the Pope also includes in the addressees all people of good will.  
 The themes which Francis is likely to address are ones around human dignity, authentic and integral human development, and human ecology. In Church teaching, human ecology means that both the human person and nature are to be respected, and that human beings must care for and protect the natural environment, adopting an attitude of wonder and contemplation before it, and rejecting a culture of waste and indifference.
Refund to World Vision for procurement of spare parts for Fleet and SDB projects CAFOD is presently managing a Fleet  of vehicles and motor bikes under the Fleet Management and Safe and Dignified Burial projects. in other to be donor compliance due to the amount of money involve and the processes and time this will take, CAFOD formally requested World Vision to place vehicle and motorbike spare parts on its behalf. 
a single bulk purchase order was made by World Vision to procure these parts using their identified preferred supplier. 

Invoices have been submitted by World Vision for this procurement and this project will reimburse World Vision's expenses.
Sierra Leone and Liberia SADI and safeguarding capacity strengthening support This is to allow for SADI-related capacity strengthening support to Sierra Leone and Liberia partners to be planned, resourced and reported on at a country programme level.
Strengthening Resilience and Livelihood Through Climate Sensitive Agriculture This project will be implemented in ten (10) communities in two (2) Chiefdoms: Kissi Teng Chiefdom (Koindu, Kangama, Guadu, Tangabu and Bayama Lela) and Kissi Kama Chiefdom (Dea, Pelewahun, Kunduma, Kondorma and Korkorma) to contribute to CAFOD’s Food and livelihood security and Emergency preparedness, response and recovery programme framework. Caritas Kenema will implement this project in collaboration with appropriate line ministries (MAFFS, MSW and MOHS) and local councils/Stakeholders. The project is targeting vulnerable groups (women and youths) and exceptional cases of men headed vulnerable households in rural communities. The project is also designed to increase local ownership, involvement, monitoring and accountability systems towards sustainability. 

This project will contribute and complement the Kailahun District council development plan to ensure the availability of adequate food, access to income and malnutrition prevention and control by 2023.
Creative video - a documentary film This documentary film and mobile cinema project is primarily aimed at young Sierra Leoneans who are tempted to become illegal immigrant in Western Developed countries e.g UK and America (fantastical paradise called Babylon). Once they arrive in these developed countries, they realised it is not the paradise they dreamed of at all. They struggle to find their feet in a strange land. They often suffer serious psychological trauma, unfulfilled hopes, and dashed dreams and unable to return home. The film will reveal facts about these countries showing the reality of both illegal and legal immigrants. 
The film will be shot in UK and Sierra Leone and distributed and screened in Video Centers around the country. In addition, a  mobile cinema would be used to show this film.
Improved Management of EVD Response Fleet This project is to support the consolidation of management of EVD response fleets under a consortium of three non-governmental partner agencies(CRS, CAFOD, & World Vision), for front-line vehicles supporting the response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone. The consolidation of fleet management, including maintenance, fueling, decontamination, tracking, and security, will contribute to reduction in transmission and mortality of EVD by improving the effectiveness of district-level EVD response programs, and the key response sectors of case surveillance and tracking, safe burial, live case management, swab teams, and response coordination. 

For CAFOD, this project is going to be implemented by Caritas Makeni in Kambia district .
Capacity Strengthening and Organisational Development for IRC-SL This project has been developed based on close consultative meeting with the leadership of the Inter religious Council of Sierra Leone to support them with capacity building for their members and staffs, and help them restructure and redevelop to position them for their responsibility as moral guarantors of our peace and development in Sierra Leone. This support includes training for their members and staffs, legal and policy reforms, and providing logistics and institutional support for them at agreed duration of this project. This will contribute to their work as part of the civil society in this country with peace and reconciliation, local integration, and national cohesion.
Localising SDG Implementation in Sierra Leone This project would contribute to CAFOD thematic framework on Rights and participatory governance. It is also contributing to Caritas Sierra Leone thematic programme area IV: Governance and Human rights programme (GHRP) as well as the government of sierra Leone poverty reduction strategy (Agenda for prosperity) which seek to reduce poverty and improve the lives of people
Advocacy for National Cohesion and Environmental Sustainability (ANaCES) The proposed project is designed specifically to consolidate the regional divide orchestrated through the national political activities ignited because of elections and build climate change resilience in Sierra Leone. The project is embedded with three prone intentions which are:
-Capacitate the IRCSL to enhance their functions in administrative skills and development context intervention.
-Strengthen social and national cohesion to prevent election prone conflict for 2023.
-Improve climate resilience, the issues of water facility and environmental issues in the country.
The entire project concept is linked to CAFOD’s primary thematic programmes which include:
-Governance, Accountability & Transparency
- Capacity Strengthening
-Livelihood, Resilience and Environment
The project is well fit-in into the Freetown City Council’s Top-11 Priorities and government top priorities to consolidate national peace and climate change recovery.
The project will be implemented by IRCSL with direct funding from CAFOD’s funding and CAFOD will continue to provide technical support and supervision to strengthen their organizational capacity and programme’s quality delivery.
The project will be implemented across 15 districts in Sierra Leone targeting State institutions, Political Parties, Civil Societies, local stakeholders and other relevant bodies to promote national peace and environmental sustainability.
The overarching goal of the project is to strengthen local and national institutional capacities for sustaining peace, national cohesion, and resilience towards climate change.
Humanitarian Policy Research into the Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Response Faith leaders and faith based organisations have played a key role in addressing the ebola disease outbreak in Sierra Leone. Faith has a huge place in people’s lives in countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea where the majority of the population are practicing believers. They listen to their faith leaders and often come to places of worship for reliable information.  The messages of the faith leaders can resonate with their congregations and when the NGOs are no longer around or unable to reach really remote communities the faith leaders and their sensitisation work will remain. 

This research, which is commissioned by an inter-agency, inter-faith group comprising CAFOD, Islamic Relief, Christian Aid and Tearfund, will provide an evidence base on the role of faith leaders in addressing the Ebola outbreak particularly in relation to prevention, social mobilisation and stigmatisation.
Reducing Preventable Deaths Caused by  Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases The proposed initiative will focus on reducing preventable deaths caused by malnutrition and infectious diseases for vulnerable families (especially children under 5) in rural areas of Kailahun District, Sierra Leone. 
While the project will ultimately benefit vulnerable children, especially under 5, implementation will target their care givers, including young mothers, PLMs, single mothers, fathers, and other vulnerable caregivers, as the catalysts for improved nutrition and health practices in their households. Given the gender disparities described above, women are the primary target because they face greater socio-economic risks and are traditionally the primary caregivers for children. At the same time, it is critical to include men in the project because they play important roles in breastfeeding, health seeking and meal consumption practices. 
 The proposed initiative will directly benefit 1,890 people, including 375 vulnerable caregivers, including young mothers, PLMs, single mothers, fathers, and other vulnerable caregivers (300 F/75M), 1,500 community members (through sensitization) and 15 CHWs within 15 communities in three Chiefdoms in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone. Indirectly, the project will reach 11,340 people.
Renovation of Handmaids Catholic Clinic and Maternity The project will be undertaken by the Sisters of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus (HHCJ) working in Pendembu, Kailahun District. The Sisters run a primary healthcare facility called Handmaids Catholic Clinic and Maternity. They are involved in the following health activities: Out-patient consultations, In-patient treatment, Antenatal care, Postnatal care, Growth monitoring of Under-5's, Laboratory services, Institutional delivery, Mobile clinics in villages and referral services. 

CAFOD will support the Sisters with renovation of the clinic and purchasing of medical equipment and supplies.
Procurement and installation of accounting software and financial management training for partners. As a strategic direction, CAFOD is implementing development programmes through partners. These partners over the years lack the required capacity to provide CAFOD with accurate and timely financial reports, which however necessitate the need to improve and develop our local implementing partners. These organisations lack the right financial management software, which have a stronger impact on their mission and these organisations struggle to present standardized financial reports in terms of trying to meet donor’s demands. It is based on the afore-mentioned challenges and desire to capacitate these organisations that CAFOD has embark in supporting their partner organisations in Sierra Leone with basic accounting software and providing them with the required training, which is expected to bring about a turnaround in their financial reporting and hence increased their accountability and transparency to donors.
COVID-19 Response Currently, Sierra Leone has 43 confirmed cases of COVID-19. While the Government acted quickly in order to prevent and deter the spread, the amount of cases quickly escalated over a period of just two weeks. As one of the poorest countries in the world, the further spread of COVID-19 has the capacity to destroy the fragile economic system and counteract the progress that has been made since Ebola. Lessons learnt from Ebola have shown that key interventions in preventing the spread are awareness-raising and social mobilization, especially in rural areas. While Freetown has so far been the epicenter of the outbreak, it is quickly spreading to other towns and communities. With limited access to information, rumors and false information has the capacity to spread rapidly in rural areas. If it continues to spread further, the virus is likely to have the most devastating impact in rural communities. Therefore, CAFOD plans to support Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone to prepare rural communities to better prevent and respond to the spread of COVID-19 through the use of local experts and religious leaders for awareness-raising, ensuring access to correct and up to date information and advocacy and awareness for health officials on data protection.