13/08/2026
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ
For communities that depend on the sea, farming, and local markets, knowing when bad weather is coming can make a big difference.
The ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ) is working with communities across ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ, ๐ฃ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ต๐๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ to help people better prepare for disasters and the effects of climate change.
Through the ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐-๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ) ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, Community-Based Disaster Management Committees have been formed. These committees bring together people from within the communities, including ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐, ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Over the past months, committee members have taken part in practical trainings on ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ต๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐).
๐ฆ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ
One important part of the project is helping people understand weather information and know what to do before a disaster happens.
The SLRCS has partnered with the ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ (๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐) and the ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ (๐ก๐๐ ๐) to train community members on ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐.
This means a fisherman can have better information before going to sea. A farmer can make better decisions about planting and harvesting. Market women and youth groups can also receive timely weather alerts and take precautions when necessary.
Community members are also being taught how to understand weather information, receive alerts from SLMet, and use the ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น-๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ to share important information and report emerging risks.
๐ฅพ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐
The project is also supporting communities with ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ to help them clean and maintain their wharfs and surrounding areas.
For the Sierra Leone Red Cross, disaster preparedness is not only about responding when something happens.
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