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ForestLand Foundation-SL is creating meaningful and measurable change by addressing some of Sierra Leone’s most urgent social, health, environmental, and governance challenges. Through community-led engagement, policy advocacy, and survivor-centered support services, our work strengthens local systems, empowers vulnerable populations, and promotes long-term resilience. Our impact is rooted in collaboration with traditional leaders, government institutions, civil society organizations, and community members. By combining awareness, capacity building, service delivery, and advocacy, we ensure that interventions do not end with training alone but translate into real behavioral change, protection, recovery, and opportunity. From combating substance abuse and supporting survivors of sexual violence to advancing climate-smart agriculture, youth engagement, gender equality, and human rights education, our programs have reached thousands of individuals across Bo District and beyond, leaving communities better informed, better protected, and better equipped for sustainable development.
Program-Based Impact Highlights
Anti-Kush Awareness and Prevention Initiative-Tikonko Town
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ForestLand Foundation-SL conducted a comprehensive anti-kush training for community stakeholders in Tikonko Town, with the active presence and leadership of the Paramount Chief. This engagement reinforced community ownership and legitimacy of the intervention. Key impacts include: • Establishment of a Paralegal Group to support stakeholders in raising awareness, reporting cases, and advocating against kush use. • Formation of Peer Advocate Groups working within schools and communities to educate pupils and youth on the dangers of kush and substance abuse. • Strengthened collaboration between traditional authorities, schools, and civil society to address drug abuse at the community level.
Support Services for Kush Survivors
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ForestLand Foundation-SL provided holistic support services for kush survivors, including: • Medical care and referrals • Psychosocial counseling • Family reintegration support Notable outcomes: • Four successfully recovered. • One survivor currently undergoing rehabilitation while reintegrating through family support with his father. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of survivor-centered recovery and long-term reintegration approaches.
Policy and Civic Education Training
Civic Education Training
We delivered targeted policy and rights-based training to community members and stakeholders in the following areas: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Climate Change and Mitigation, Maternal and Child Health, Gender Equality and Governance. These trainings strengthened community understanding of rights, responsibilities, and participation in governance and development processes.
Support for Babies Born from Sexual Abuse (“Future Babies” Program)
Support for Babies Born from Sexual Abuse.
ForestLand Foundation-SL provides specialized support services for babies born as a result of sexual abuse, ensuring early care and protection. Services include: Counselling and psychosocial support, Human rights advocacy, Referral and case follow-up services. This initiative promotes dignity, protection, and long-term well-being for both survivors and their children.
Support for Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
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We provide counseling and human rights support for sexually abused girls, ensuring access to care, justice pathways, and emotional healing. To complement these services, ForestLand Foundation-SL introduced football as a psychosocial and empowerment tool for survivors of sexual abuse and other forms of violence. Key achievements: • Over 50 girls engaged through football-based empowerment programming. • Girls participated in district and regional female primary league playoffs, performing exceptionally well. • Improved confidence, teamwork, mental health, and social reintegration among participants.
Key Achievements
5,247
Total Lives Impacted
Community Support
10 Communities across 3 Chiefdoms in Bo District engaged Climate-Smart Agriculture and VSLA
Support Services
4 survivors from Kush, 2 successfully returned to university. 2 on Skills training.
SGBV Cases
16 sexual penetration cases were managed, including one child born as a result of rape.
