Strengthening Human Security in in the Remote Chiefdoms of Gbense, Soa, and Kamara in Kono District of Sierra Leone​

While progress has been made to promote stability and inclusive development in Sierra Leone, significant obstacles remain in realizing the SDGs. In the Kono District, interconnected challenges including civil instability, a non-diversified economy with limited opportunities for income generation, unsustainable mining practices, destructive forestry activities, low agricultural productivity, and inadequate governance systems for community decision-making negatively impact the lives, livelihoods and opportunities of the residents, and undermine advancement of the SDGs.

​The programme builds upon an initiative supported by the UNTFHS in 2019 to strengthen the application of human security towards accelerating the achievement of the SDGs at the local level in West Africa.

The key objectives of the programme are to: (i) ensure that the community enjoys economic, political and community security, with expanded social cohesion, all of which promote and sustain peace; and (ii) ensure that community farmers realize improved livelihoods, higher incomes, and reduced vulnerability to climate, economic and other shocks through sustainable farming that also improves the nutrition status of all community residents. ​

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