𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲

The Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS), with support from the IFRC through the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF), has successfully concluded two key capacity-building trainings to strengthen its emergency response to communities affected by windstorms and fire disasters in Falaba, Karene, Kono, and the Western Area.

The trainings equipped staff and volunteers with practical skills in 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒊𝒅, 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 (𝑴𝑯𝑷𝑺𝑺), 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 (𝑬𝑷𝑰𝑪), 𝑷𝑺𝑬𝑨, 𝑷𝑮𝑰, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 (𝑪𝑬𝑨), 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 (𝑪𝑽𝑨) and cash distribution monitoring.

Additionally, volunteers have been deployed to support community sensitization, promote accountability, monitor cash assistance, and ensure that humanitarian aid is delivered safely, transparently, and with dignity.

Through these efforts, SLRCS continues to strengthen community resilience and deliver timely, people-centered humanitarian assistance to those most in need.