Co-Learning for Action to Transform Freetown - Policy Brief

The majority of the urban poor in Freetown live in riskprone areas and are systematically exposed to a wide range of preventable health hazards and periodic smallscale disasters. However, relocation is not the answer, as this disrupts the lives and livelihoods of poor women and men, girls and boys and perpetuates their exclusion from being part of and playing an active role in the development of Freetown.

Instead, in-situ rehabilitation is possible and this requires building upon the enormous capacity and resources mobilized by local communities to make their settlements safe and to live a dignified life. • Transform Freetown offers a unique opportunity to tackle risk accumulation through concerted efforts to support community-led resilience at city-wide scale and to articulate social, economic and environmental gains for a better Freetown for all.

To access the videos and policy briefs produced so far under our co-learning alliance, please visit: SLURC website
DPU ESD MSc website

For more information contact: Mr. Braima Koroma, (Bkoroma@slurc.org) SLURC Director of Research
Prof. Adriana Allen (a.allen@ucl.ac.uk), Dr. Rita Lambert (r.lambert@ucl.ac.uk) DPU ESD MSc practice module conveners.

Download the policy biref here (link)