Great start to the day at Lumley Beach for the European Union in Sierra Leone funded beach cleanup. I extend my thanks to EU Ambassador H.E. Jacek Jankowski for this annual awareness raising exercise that reminds Freetonians that we all have a responsibility to dispose of our waste appropriately and not to create “banking” along our coastline using waste. Clean beaches and oceans are essential for realizing our #tourism potential as emphasized by Minister of Tourism Nabeela Tunis Tourism for all Campaign.

Opening Reflections on 64 Year of Sierra Leone’s Independence Day at a Symposium on the Theme – “Understanding and Reclaiming Salone Day”
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown Watch Full Speech HERE In reviewing the theme, I felt that it was important to start with a look