Several families affected by floods in Sierra Leone in 2022 have received humanitarian assistance from the ECOWAS Commission worth the sum of Six hundred and ninety thousand, seven hundred and nineteen dollars ($690,719.00).
The Government of Sierra Leone launched humanitarian assistance to affected households, with the ECOWAS Resident Representative in Sierra Leone, Amb. Harouna MOUSSA, in attendance.
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Honourable Kenya Ballay, stressed the importance of the ECOWAS humanitarian assistance, which will benefit affected persons in eight districts in the country.
The items including bags of food, financial assistance as well as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) essentials, are being distributed to the six thousand verified beneficiaries, in collaboration with the Achievers Foundation.
The ECOWAS Commission has been extending humanitarian assistance to affected communities in member states.
