We're Empowering Young People, Transforming Communities.

Welcome to LEAD Sierra Leone

LEAD Sierra Leone is a youth-led nonprofit organization advancing inclusive and sustainable development through innovative, community-driven solutions across Sierra Leone.

Who We Are

Since being founded in 2020, LEAD Sierra Leone has been working at the intersection of environmental restoration, public health, and gender equality through grassroots action and systems change, translating community-identified needs into practical interventions that unlock the potential of young people for national development. Through advocacy, skills development, and grassroots engagement, we equip young people with the tools and opportunities to lead positive, community-driven change across Sierra Leone

Our Mission

To empower people and transform communities through advocacy, youth empowerment, and community engagement.

Our Vision

A Sierra Leone where young people have the skills, knowledge, and opportunity to drive community-led development and attain sustainable livelihoods.

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Where We Make Impact

We advance climate resilience and ecosystem restoration through youth-led conservation, adaptation training, and landscape rehabilitation. The program equips young people as climate advocates while restoring degraded land and promoting green livelihoods, positioning communities to lead sustainable, climate-responsive development.

Environmental Sustainability & Climate Action

Health, Gender & Social Equity

Education & Youth Empowerment

We focus our work across three interconnected pillars, addressing the root causes of inequality, youth unemployment, social exclusion, and environmental degradation. Our approach recognizes that sustainable development requires coordinated action across people, systems, and ecosystems. Across all pillars, we emphasize youth leadership, local ownership, scalability, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We promote dignity, protection, and inclusion by addressing social and economic drivers of inequality and gender-based violence. Through community dialogue, survivor support, and livelihood assistance, we empower women and girls while engaging traditional leaders and local institutions to strengthen safeguarding and social cohesion.

Key Focus Areas:

Ecosystem restoration (Environmental Rescue Project)
Climate education and School Climate Clubs
Youth climate advocacy and adaptation training
Freshwater resource protection and sustainable land management

We equip young people with practical skills and leadership training to foster employment, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement. By prioritizing marginalized youth and young women, we strengthen employability, confidence, and participation in community development.

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