A fantastic initiative led by EU in Sierra Leone - the Bus Tour 2024 gave a great opportunity for learning and engagement with development partners, government agencies and beneficiaries of our projects.

Thank you as always for the warm welcome from communities in Kenema where our partnership with SEND SierraLeone is having an invaluable impact in empowering women 💪🏽

🔊The Embassy of Ireland is hiring!🇮🇪

Are you:
👉highly motivated
👉enthusiastic
👉hardworking
👉with excellent organisational & management skills?

We're looking for applicants with these skills to join our team as Head of Administration

Find out more: shorturl.at/ceklq

Great to see importance of clean cooking placed by President Julius Maada Bio at this week's Summit in Paris.

Ireland looks forward to working together with the new Delivery Unit for Clean Cooking to ensure all people have access to clean cooking technologies.

Happy #EuropeDay2024 ! Today we celebrate a long lasting history of peace, dialogue and solidarity in Europe.
This year, to celebrate EuropeDay together with our Sierra Leonean friends, we will bring the Sierra Leone-Europe partnership closer to the people with a EU Salone BusTour

Together with 🇸🇱Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, #TeamEurope 🇪🇺 has launched #EUSierraLeoneBusTour2024 . The bus will visit some examples of the strong partnership with Sierra Leone in contributing to 🇸🇱development priorities. Join the bus stops to find out! Ireland in Sierra Leone German Embassy Freetown #EU4YOU

🎉 Happy 63rd Independence Anniversary to Sierra Leone🇸🇱!
🇪🇺stands with you for peace, democracy and development. Congratulations, Mama Salone! 🎊 #IndependenceDay #EUStandswithSalone #EUnaSalone #EU4U #SierraLeone

#TeamEurope will remain a reliable partner of Salone: Ambassadors of the 🇪🇺EU, 🇩🇪Germany and 🇮🇪 Irland met with 🇸🇱Sierra Leonean media outlets to share updates on their partnership and cooperation with Sierra Leone German Embassy Freetown Ireland in Sierra Leone

Visits to the field allow our team to engage partners, meet beneficiaries & assess impact 📝

Thanks to SEND SierraLeone 🇸🇱for series of engagements in Kono & Bonthe, where we saw how Irish Aid-funded initiatives enhance economic empowerment & political participation of women 👩🏽‍🦱

It's #InternationalDayforMineAwareness
🇮🇪 supports mine action programmes in Africa, Latin America, SE Asia & the Middle East.

Empowering communities to stay safe & avoid the dangers of landmines through awareness, knowledge & preventive measures The HALO Trust MAG (Mines Advisory Group)

We welcome the Ireland in Sierra Leone team as they assess how Irish Aid support has enhanced access to finance through the VSLA & Credit Union structures, increased participation in governance & politics & built the self-reliance capacity of women across 5 districts in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

March was a month of many highlights, but our favourite photo is featured below📸

Our oldest & youngest Irish☘️ citizens in 🇸🇱, remarkable Sr Teresa McKeon, 94 years young, & smol pikin Theo, who celebrated his 1st birthday this week!

Happy birthday Theo🎂& happy Easter 🐣 all!

Well done to our four drivers, Joseph, Mohamed, Emmanuel & Arthur for passing their Advanced Driver Training Course with flying colours🥇✍️ 🚘

Their dedication and professionalism is integral in keeping us and our team safe on the roads across all corners of 🇸🇱👏🏽

So delighted to join this poetry initiative, a night of exchange and creativity.

Check out👇🏽collaborative poem from creatives of 🇸🇱, 🇮🇪 & 🇩🇪 pulled together in just a 15 minute breakout session!

We look forward to hearing more from these voices 👏🏽

A great meeting today with Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Henry Kpaka Henry Musa Kpaka

Brilliant to hear of progress to date with Feed Salone, and to discuss how 🇮🇪 can best contribute to transforming agricultural systems in 🇸🇱

Today, Ireland co-sponsored a #CSW68 side event with Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 on mainstreaming gender in national legislation.

🇮🇪 is committed to working with the government of Sierra Leone to reduce rates of gender-based violence, FGM, teenage pregnancy and child marriage.

Ease into the weekend with an evening of poetry featuring Irish 🇮🇪 poets Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi & David Hynes, alongside up & coming 🇸🇱 voices

Join us @ 5pm on Thursday to hear the words of our poets (and any brave attendees!) on 'me/she/her- what matters'🗣️♀️

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Wishing all of our friends and followers a very #HappyStPatricksDay !