What we do | ActionAid

In December 2007 ActionAid Sierra Leone became part of the ActionAid International federation and our Board of Trustees was inaugurated in June 2008.

AAISL has offices in seven Development Areas staffed by our Programme and Project Officers, and headed by District Managers.

Mohamed Sillah, the Executive Director, sits in the Head Office in Freetown -- together with thematic advisors and support staff. Sillah provides strategic direction to ActionAid’s advocacy, campaigning and fundraising work in support of the organisation’s vision, mission and values and is an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees.

For further Information please contact: Mohamed Sillah, Executive Director, Mohamed.Sillah@actionaid.org

What we do

Right to education

Education is a right. It’s the key to a better childhood, and a better future for children, their communities and their countries.
Human security

When disaster strikes, we can respond within hours, providing vital things like food and shelter. We link our response to our ongoing projects, and we stick around as long as we’re needed, providing practical support, and making sure local people have a say in rebuilding their communities and livelihoods.
Right to food/HungerFREE

Every day, one in six people goes to bed hungry. Yet the world produces more than enough food for everybody. We’re tackling the causes of hunger, so that everyone can enjoy the right to have enough to eat.
Ensuring women's rights

Women around the world are more likely to live in poverty – just because they’re women. We’re helping women to challenge discrimination, claim their rights, and transform their societies.
Our campaigns

We believe that poor and excluded people are the primary agents of change.
Poverty and injustice can be eradicated only when the poor and excluded are able to take charge of their lives and act to claim their rights.
Our funding

Over 50% of the money used to implement our poverty-fighting programmes in Sierra Leone comes from individuals, families and groups of people around the world, who believe in and support ActionAid’s cause.
Right to just and democratic governance

Our work includes Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) rights activism, which organises trainings and networks on Economic Literacy and Budget Analysis (ELBA) with a special focus on getting women and civil society organizations to understand and engage the budgeting process in promoting "good governance" and democracy.
HIV/Aids

ActionAid’s fight to achieve dignity for people living with HIV and AIDS yielded fruit when a bill based on rights, prevention, treatment care and support was passed in parliament.