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We proudly closed the first cohort of the Young Women Climate Mentorship Programme with a celebration of leadership, learning, and youth-led climate action. Twenty young women completed six months of mentorship, training and field visits, presenting four community-based climate projects at the closing ceremony.
MentorshipYouth Initiative for Climate Action and the Youth Climate Council completed the first two stops of the national Youth NDC Consultation tour, bringing sixty young leaders into direct conversation about Sierra Leone's climate commitments in Bo and Makeni.
PolicyYICA facilitated a two-day Nationally Determined Contributions workshop specifically for young women and girls across Sierra Leone, collecting input on adaptation, mitigation and gender equality for submission to key stakeholders.
PolicyYICA-SL launched the Youth Climate Council Freetown Chapter at the Freetown City Council Hall, marking the first local chapter of YCC Sierra Leone. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr co-signed the launch, emphasising youth leadership in local climate action.
LaunchYICA officially launched the Youth Climate Council Sierra Leone on the theme "Bridging Intergeneration Gap for Equitable Climate Action & Policy Formulation," bringing together key stakeholders including the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
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