MUDSLIDE TRAGEDY DAY 4: ABOVE THE ASHES SIERRA LEONE SHALL RISE

On this terribly sad day, when Sierra Leone buried the first hundred’s of our own, Mama Mayila and the Hope and Society 4 Climate Change Communications teams met survivors of the mudslide at Kamayama community, neighbouring Regent to find out first hand their needs, talking with Chief Sesay whose house and school are used as temporary host to many survivors, and where registration efforts must now turn.

Mama Mayila also met Office of National Security (ONS) on the ground, setting up incident command centres and asessing the desperate situation at Kamayama.

Everyone's day was brightened - including the little chap with the lollipop, who gave us the very first glimmer of a smile we've seen - by a chance meeting with Ms. Natasha Beckly and the Miss Universe of Sierra Leone Beauty Pageant team volunteering to help survivors. With help like this and the many many community based organziations galvanized and hopefully coalescing surely “Above the Ashes Sierra Leone Shall Rise”

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