Mayor of Freetown, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has congratulated and presented cheques to the 9 winners of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund, launched in May 2024 by the Freetown City Council (FCC), Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).
The objective of the Fund is to empower young leaders committed to addressing the climate crisis.
Each winning team received a micro-grant for their climate action projects as follows: Movable Ease Sierra Leone ($4,150); Sierra Eco Heat ($5,000); Girls for the Environment ($5,000); Sierra Sport Paladin ($4,500); Student Tourism Hub-FBC ($3,737); Youth Initiative for Climate Action (YICA) Sierra Leone ($4,901); Nature for Mangroves ($5,000); EducAid Green Guardians ($4,625), and the Freetown Media Center ($4,500).
Their projects include waste-to-energy initiatives, policy research, tree planting, urban greening, mangrove restoration of Freetown’s coastal communities, and the development of an app for real-time disaster warnings.
Mayor Aki-Sawyer said: “Congratulations to the 9 winning teams and we look forward to supporting and monitoring their projects as they implement their practical solutions to the climate crisis in Freetown”.