$4.7 billion UN Appeal to Combat Coronavirus

May 8, 2020

By Amin Kef Sesay

Recently, the United Nations issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to “protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries.” The money is on top of the $2 billion the UN already called for when it launched its global humanitarian response plan on March 25. It has received about half of that money so far.

“The most devastating and destabilizing effects” of the novel coronavirus pandemic “will be felt in the world’s poorest countries,” UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said in the statement. “Unless we take action now, we should be prepared for a significant rise in conflict, hunger and poverty. The spectre of multiple famines looms,” he warned.

The full $6.7 billion is expected to cover costs of the humanitarian response plan until December. It prioritizes some 20 countries, including several in conflict such as Afghanistan and Syria.

The new call for donations came as nine more countries were added to the list: Benin, Djibouti, Liberia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Togo and Zimbabwe.

The funds are to be used to buy medical equipment to test and treat the sick, provide hand-washing stations, launch information campaigns and establish humanitarian airlifts to Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to the UN.

It also aims to develop new programs to better combat food insecurity that is growing as a result of the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “Extraordinary measures are needed,” Lowcock stressed.

“I urge donors to act in both solidarity and in self-interest and make their response proportionate to the scale of the problem we face,” he added, warning of a long-term boomerang effect if poor countries are neglected by rich countries.

Covid-19 infections are expected to peak in the world’s poorest countries in the next three to six months, according to UN estimates.

Food Security Snapshot For Sierra Leone

May 8, 2020

By Edward Vamboi

Following a timely onset of the seasonal rains in late March, planting operations for paddy rice, the major cereal grown in the country, are ongoing mostly in the south and some part of the east upland and riverine areas. In the most northern and northwestern areas of the country, land preparation activities are presently underway, for the planting to take place during May. The harvests are expected to start in September.

Since the beginning of the season, adequate rainfall amounts supported soil moisture content for crop development. In most planted areas, crops are at sprouting, seedling and tillering stages, and weeding activities are regularly underway.

However, the latest Forum of the Agro-Hydro-Climatic Seasonal Forecast in Sudano-Sahelian Africa (PRESASS) points to below-average rainfall amounts during the July-September period, with a likely negative impact on crop yields and availability of pasture and water for livestock.

During the dry season in early 2020, there was a scarcity of pasture and fodder for livestock. Rains usually contribute to the recovery of pasture conditions and, in May 2020, forage availability is satisfactory in the main grazing areas of the country, allowing animals to maintain good body conditions and enhance their market value. The animal health capacity is very weak and mostly dependent on partners’ support to prevent seasonal outbreaks including Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in sheep and goats, Foot and Mouth (FMD) in cattle and Newcastle in poultry.

Despite the excess rainfall, which caused some flooding in July-August, the 2019 national cereal production is estimated at an average level of 1.3 million tonnes.

Import requirements for the 2019/20 marketing year (November/October) are forecast at an above-average level of 425 000 tonnes as local traders are aiming to replenish their stocks.

Markets are well supplied with both local and imported commodities across the country. However, field reports indicate that prices of staple food continued to increase in early 2020 due to some macro-economic factors including the high inflation rate, the liberalization of the exchange rate and the weakening of the local currency. According to Trading Economics, the year-on-year food inflation increased to 8.30 percent in February 2020. The large trade deficits are maintaining a downward pressure on the exchange rate, which weakened from SLL 8 900 per USD in early 2019 to about SLL 9 600 per USD in early 2020.

According to the March 2020 “Cadre Harmonisé” analysis, about 1 million people are estimated to need food assistance from March to May 2020. This number is expected to increase to 1.3 million during the lean period from June to August 2020, if no mitigation actions are taken.

In view of the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Government has decreed a partial country lockdown. The Government has taken some sanitary, social and economic measures. In early April, the World Bank through the International Development Association (IDA) approved a USD 7.5 million grant to strengthen the preparedness of the national health system in terms of prevention, detection and response to the threat posed by the virus. Official restrictions on population movements, combined with heightened levels of fear, have led many people to stay at their homes. These measures have already affected the flow of farm produce to the markets and further restrictions on population movements could hamper the access to land and have a negative impact on 2020 agricultural production.

Dug Out Mud Collapsed on 25 People in a Mines

May 8, 2020

By Foday Moriba Conteh

It has been reported that at least 25 people in Western Liberia who were searching for diamonds have been trapped and are feared dead after a hole that they had dug collapsed, official sources in the area have said. The incident took place in the town of Masakpa, near the border with Sierra Leone.

Aaron Vincent, Superintendent of Grand Cape Mount County said, “It is a serious matter but I have to get there first to know what the actual situation is.”

There have been conflicting reports of the number of people involved, with some putting the figure at 50. A relief worker said about, 25 people, were trapped and about three bodies had been recovered. A search operation was on going.

Police spokesman Moses Carter said authorities had instructed the regional police to move in and restore order as the search continued. Grand Cape Mount County is rich in minerals including iron ore, diamonds and gold, but the region is among the most economically inactive and underdeveloped in Liberia. In 1982, a landslide in an old iron ore mining town, No-Way Camp, killed hundreds of people.

Yumkella calls on Pres. Bio for Inter-Party Dialogue

May 8, 2020

By Amin Kef Sesay

During a local television programme that was aired on the 7^th May 2020, Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the Parliamentary Leader of the National Grand Coalition Party and a Member of Parliament of the Kambia district, spoke about the rapidly deteriorating disorder in the country, amid rising political tension, Police arrest and detention without charge of opposition politicians perceived as dissidents by the ruling SLPP party.

Yumkella’s appearance comes as many in Sierra Leone are expressing disappointment at President Bio’s deafening silence and indifference, following the Pademba Road Prison disturbance which saw the alleged shooting of dozens of unarmed prisoners by Presidential Guards, leaving eleven dead and several seriously injured.

The rioting in Lunsar in the north of the country and the increasing rate of transmission of the coronavirus, especially in the capital Freetown, have raised eyebrows, with many now calling for President Bio to come out and show strong leadership by addressing the people of Sierra Leone.

Speaking on AYV TV, Dr. Yumkella called on President Bio to reach out to the opposition political parties to find new partnership framework that will bring all parties together to work towards national cohesion, promote peaceful co-existence, unify the nation, as well as focus on combating the coronavirus.

Various reports have suggested that President Bio was going to address the people of Sierra Leone after ending his fourteen days quarantine and to review the success of the three days lockdown which ended last Sunday. President Bio was also expected to come out and clearly map out where the country is heading, as political tension mounts. But there was no broadcast from the President.

The President’s continuing silence and indifference, in the face of a rapidly deteriorating security and breakdown in law and order is a serious cause for concern.

In another development, Dr. Dennis Bright, Chairman and Leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party recently issued a statement about the increasing political instability and rising tension in Sierra Leone, following the shooting dead of several prisoners in Freetown by presidential guards, as well as the arrest and detention of opposition politician Dr Blyden.

He said: “The National Grand Coalition (NGC) is very concerned about recent events in the country, particularly the violent incident that occurred on 29th April, 2020 at the Pademba Road maximum security Correctional Centre and the accusations and counter-accusations that have been levelled at each other by the All People’s Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).

Dr.Bright maintained that the event and the accusations that are being made are escalating tensions in the country adding how people claiming to be defending the interests of these two parties are currently using the social media to fan the flames of hate and even sound the drums of another civil war.

He said no true Sierra Leonean would want to see the men, women and children of this country go through the pains, horrors and brutality of a civil war, AGAIN!

“As political parties, whether in Government or Opposition, we all have a sacred duty to ensure that our people live in peace and not in a permanent state of fear and insecurity. And certainly, no political party should be proud to drag their people back into bloodshed and death,” the seasoned politician averred.

According to him, that is why the NGC is appealing to the leadership of the APC and the SLPP to immediately pull back from their current confrontational postures in order to de-escalate the rising tensions in the country.

He stated , however, that the NGC is also calling for a FULL and IMPARTIAL investigation into the incident at the Pademba Road Correctional Centre which resulted in such a significant loss of life.

“Currently, the social media is awash with theories, claims, threats, testimonies and so-called eye witness reports that have plunged the entire nation into total confusion as to what really happened, why, who did what and what next.

The bereaved parents, relatives and the nation as a whole deserve to know the truth so that justice will be done. Our heartfelt condolences go to the bereaved and may the souls of those who died rest in peace,” he lamented and expressed sympathy.

He said at this time what is most important in our country is unity of purpose in our fight against the real common enemy: the Coronavirus or COVID-19 saying the disease has the potential to kill people, destroy our economy and turn the country into a wasteland but we should not make that happen.

Dr.Bright said our primary focus at this time should be to work together to contain the spread of the virus, protect individuals and communities and save the nation underscoring how in that regard the NGC is doing its bit.

“We all must agree that our people have suffered long enough. So now is the right time for political parties to show that they care for the people by joining hands to save them from the coronavirus, not tear the nation apart with interparty conflicts,” he admonished.

The chairman said the NGC is willing and ready to help in any way it can and will endeavour to engage the leadership of both the APC and the SLPP in the search for a new path of cooperation in the interest of the nation.

Infection Cases of COVID-19 Keep Increasing

May 8, 2020

By Edward Vamboi

As of 8^th May 2020 Sierra Leone continued to experience a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections with 26 new cases bringing the total to 257 cases. The country now has 17 total deaths and 54 total recovered, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications on Friday 8^th May 2020.

The highest increase since the country recorded its index case on March 30, 2020 despite wide-ranging measures introduced by authorities to prevent the virus from spilling over to local communities.

“Epidemiological data and other evidence indicate that there is community transmission of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone,” President Julius Maada Bio said in a nationwide address prior to declaring the just concluded three-day lockdown (May 3-5).

It has been noted that one of the difficult challenges the country faces is to slow down the number of cases recorded everyday to flatten the COVID-19 curve at a level where the healthcare system could cope or not be overwhelmed.

According the United Nations, the nation lost as much as over 4,000 lives to the 2014 Ebola outbreak primarily because the healthcare system lacked capacity and treatment centers were overwhelmed. Almost 100 percent of Ebola deaths (about 11,000 died in West Africa) were recorded in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

President Bio said his administration has decided to intensify contact tracing and detection; scale up testing and isolation; expand treatment, and undertake all other measures necessary to break COVID-19 transmission in the country.

The Emergency Operation Center (EOC), which was established during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, is now active. Flights have been banned and the military deployed to help enforce the closure of its borders with Guinea and Liberia.

A nationwide curfew from 9pm to 6am is now intact as well as restrictions on inter-district movement.

Also, the activities of many establishments including schools, mosques and churches have been suspended indefinitely while social distancing, wearing of face mask in public and frequent handwashing are being enforced across the country.

CARL & Partners Release National Corruption Perception Survey

May 8, 2020

By Fatmata Jengbe

On the 29^th April 2020 a survey report titled “Actions, Hopes and Impediments in the fight against Corruption in Sierra Leone”; was launched at the Anti-Corruption Commission’s 3 Gloucester Street Office in Freetown.

It was the latest National Corruption Perception Survey Report conducted by the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL), with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID), and support from Christian Aid (UK), Restless Development and Budget Advocacy Network.

The Report indicates an exceptional approval rating from Sierra Leoneans on the national crusade against corruption and the role of ACC in the engineering of same.

The study which was conducted in September and November 2019 covered a period April 2018 to December, 2019; and sought a bottom-up account from the Sierra Leonean people regarding their perceptions on the fight against corruption; about the institutions involved; about the delivery of public services, and about their own roles and actions in relation to the fight against corruption.

In a bid to minimize marginal error, maximize confidence level, the study targeted a sample size of 2,400 respondents across the 16 districts with an average of 150 respondents per district—with exceptions to Falaba District with 50 respondents and Western Area Urban with 458 respondents—with a marginal error of +/-2%– 95% confidence level.

According to the specifics of the study, 73% of respondents in Sierra Leone regard corruption to still be a challenge; however, a whopping 92% believes the Anti-Corruption Commission under the exemplary leadership of the young Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. is making an uncommon difference in the fight against corruption with his Radical Transparency Drive.

Additionally, the report indicates that the existence of “sacred cows,a phenomenon where a person or thing is immune to investigation, indictment and prosecution has decreased to an all-time low from 57% in 2017 to 47% in this latest survey report. According to the conductors, such validates the Commission’s fierce but fair approach which concerns itself only about what and not who is involved, in its work.

The latest study also revealed a great improvement in the perceptions of Sierra Leoneans on bribery, with only 56% of respondents stating a reduction in the practice of paying bribes to access Government services; compared to 71% of people who alluded that it was common to pay a bribe three (3) years ago.

They said that improvement can be linked to the success of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s “Pay No Bribe” (PNB) campaign which was a DFID sponsored project, but has now been incorporated into the mainstream ACC operations and programs.

It was made clear, under the PNB, the public can call a free toll line to report incidences of bribery in accessing public services. The ACC then makes interventions on these reports by either making referrals to Integrity Management Committees (IMCs) in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), systems and processes reviews conducted by the ACC on the frequently reported institutions or institute full blown investigation and later indictments, as would be deemed appropriate.

More importantly, 51% of respondents in the survey indicated that Government’s overall efforts in reducing corruption has significantly improved in the last twelve months referencing the progressive steps taken to amend the 2008 Anti-Corruption Amendment Act (with stiffer punishments for acts of corruption) and the establishment of the Special Anti-Corruption Division in the High Court with dedicated Judges to deal with corruption cases.

These monumental demonstrations of Presidential and political wills in the fight against corruption lends credence to the New Direction Government of President Julius Maada Bio’s promise of launching a full blown assault on the strongholds of corruption.

A great show of abhorrence and revulsion for the practice of corruption was stated in the report, with respondents demanding for harsher punishments for those convicted of corruption.

This latest DFID sponsored corruption perception survey by CARL, is said to be consistent with other reassuring citizens’ Perception Indexes like the Transparency International Afro-Barometer Perception Survey which placed Sierra Leone 3rd in Africa on Citizen’s Perception in our national efforts to clamp down on graft and unarguably rationalizes the ongoing Revolutionary and Radical Transparency Approach by the ACC in leading the war on corruption that was declared by President Julius Maada Bio, which Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. is leading and positions the country on an irreversible path to sustainably control corruption; and sets a new trajectory for accountability, effective service delivery, democratic good governance and transformative development.

CHRDI’s Abdul Fatoma Calls for Public Accountability & Respect for Human Rights

May 8, 2020

Executive Director of CHARDI, Abdul Fatoma

By Foday Moriba Conteh

The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International-CHRDI, which is a policy advocacy and human rights organisation based in Sierra Leone, has as among its aims to promote public accountability, respect for human rights and the enhancement of safety, security and justice. In those respects the organization has been carefully following the discussions between the country’s security sector, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, RSLAF and Political party member(s).

According to the Executive Director of CHARDI, Abdul Fatoma, the country is in the midst of a global health emergency, which may not seem like the best time to address human rights but stated that the issues across the board surfacing as a result of the crisis are all relevant.

He said they consider it even more important that the principles of justice and respect for human rights, law and order are maintained. “CHRDI calls upon all peace loving Sierra Leoneans irrespective of political views, to condemn and reject all forms of violence during this period of distress as well as any individual and organisation that may try to directly or indirectly justify violence or protect the assailants,” he furthered.

The charismatic and fearless human rights activist maintained how there should be no space for threats of violence or actual violence against citizens and members of any political parties.

He added how they believe this is a time when we should all be working together to face a common threat to our country and its welfare.

“We urge all political parties to strongly remind their supporters that violence will not be tolerated and to take all precautions to ensure the safety of all citizens. We also implore all sides to utilise peaceful channels of engagement and civil discourse to solve problems, rather than resort to violence and uncivilised behaviour,” he appealed.

Fatoma said in the same vein, they also want to register their disapproval over recent events involving the prisons in Freetown going further to say as proponents of criminal justice reform, they are calling for increased efforts to protect the prison populations, including boosting sanitization, supplies and proper protective gear for prison staff.

“We are also calling for an increase in early release of non-violent offenders and those who are still awaiting trial. Prisons have been identified as potential hotbeds for outbreaks of the disease, because inmates live in close, confined quarters,” he enjoined.

The CHARDI guru stated that it is unclear what motivations prompted the recent prison riot, which took away over 10 lives and injured several others, but it is clearly a matter of grave concern.

He averred that in view of the above, they want to strongly urge the Government of Sierra Leone to immediately investigate and make public the circumstances around that tragedy and recommended that anyone involved in the alleged criminal acts, including human rights violations, must be promptly prosecuted.

Fatoma ended by stating that CHRDI is calling on the Government of Sierra Leone to fully and effectively respect the country’s Constitution and honour its mandatory international obligations to protect the human rights of every Sierra Leonean during this COVID19 response period.

With Lawlessness, Indiscipline & Violence Rampant… President Bio Failing on Peace Building

May 8, 2020

By Amin Kef Sesay

Views gathered from across the broad spectrum of our society indicate that President Bio is not doing too well in the area of peace building and national cohesion’ given the series of political and social upheavals that have taken place in the country since he and the SLPP New Direction Government came to power on April 4^th 2018.

It can be recalled that the New Government set sustainable peace and development as central issues to achieve a just, inclusive and peaceful society, as described in SDG 16. But two years on, everywhere we look, social cohesion at national and regional levels is patchy.

Due to these disrupting events, it has been extremely difficult for the State to engage in meaningful peace-building and State Building processes with political, local, national or international actors.

Even though various approaches and strategies have been set in place, a sustained attention to durable peace at all levels remains wanting. As such, calls are that President Bio focuses on key peace and nation unifying elements such as inclusion and participation in order to achieve national cohesion.

Alongside putting in place a police and justice system that the people can trust and depend on to deliver justice fairly and equitably to one and all, it is important to establish infrastructures and institutions that help build constructive social and political relationships and enhance sustainable resilience of societies against relapse into youth induced violence which lately as we all see has become commonplace.

We recall the President announced plans to set up a National Infrastructure for Peace, an independent National Commission on Peace and Cohesion to help address ethnic and regional divides along political lines across the country as well as to strengthen peace and national inclusion.

Quick actualization of this institutional framework composed of very independent minded senior citizens would go a long way in establishing trust and confidence between antagonistic factions in society, as well as between the Government and its citizens.

The NPC would also function as a bridge between local communities, districts and the Government highlighting issues to be addressed and facilitating timely interventions through it, having structures that reach out to the local levels and build on the existing capacities and systems that support peace.

The envisaged mandates of this envisioned Peace Commission include among others the promotion of a culture of peace; support for the prevention and management of conflicts and enhancing traditional conflict resolution mechanisms.

This inclusive and independent peace infrastructure to enhance national cohesion and development in Sierra Leone needs to be adequately resourced.

The need to make the Commission as independent from the current political climate as possible must be stressed and translated into recommendations for its composition and sustainability.

Indian Community Donates IT Equipment to EOC

May 8, 2020

Representing the Indian community in Sierra Leone, Harish Agnani handing over the items to an official of the ICT Unit at EOC, Dr. Daniel Adrian Stevens

By Amin Kef Sesay

As the fight against the coronavirus intensifies in the country, the Indian Community in Sierra Leone has on Thursday 7th May, 2020 donated Information Technology Equipment worth millions of Leones to the Government of Sierra Leone through the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) which includes 5 Laptop computers, 2 Printers and 10 Packets of Paper. The handing over ceremony took place at the Choithram Head Office on Rawdon Street in Freetown.

Presenting the items, representing the Indian community in Sierra Leone, Harish Agnani, who is also Acting Consul General of India in Sierra Leone disclosed that few days ago they received a request from the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to assist them with Information Technology Equipment and as a community that has been working with the Government of Sierra Leone they decided to donate the aforementioned items to the EOC.

He said recently the Indian community joined hands with the Lebanese Community to donate essential food items to the Government of Sierra Leone through the Covid-19 Response Team including the following items: 1,000 Bags of Rice, 1,000 Gallons of Oil, 1,000 Packets of Sugar, 100 Cartons of Sardine, 100 Soaps and 70 Cartons of Milk as their support towards the covid-19 fight.

He noted that in as much as the country continues the fight against the Covid-19, record keeping is very essential, adding that with these items the EOC will ensure that they have accurate data on Covid-19 in the country.

He admonished all to adhere to the preventives measures in order to curtail the spread of the coronavirus in the country saying such will enhance the country’s fight to combat the Covid-19 in the country.

Receiving the items on behalf of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), an official of the ICT Unit at EOC, Dr. Daniel Adrian Stevens, expressed appreciation to the Indian Community for the kind gesture which he described as a timely intervention towards the fight against the Covid-19 in the country.

He assured them that the donated items will be used wisely and for the right purpose towards the fight against the Covid-19. He also urged all to take the preventive measures serious and encouraged them to use face masks, practice social distancing, hand washing etc. when in public places saying such will greatly curtail the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

In fighting COVID-19, Milla Group Product Serves as a Key Instrument

May 8, 2020

Strengthening water security in Sierra Leone is essential for preventing and combating the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)

By Abu Bakarr Kargbo

It has been established that measures to suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, including hand-washing, self-isolating and lockdowns assume that societies, communities and households have sustainable access to acceptable amounts of adequate quality water; for which one of Sierra Leone’s hardworking and dedicated investors, Milla Group Limited, has provided the solution to having quality water storage facilities that are readily available in the market.

No doubt that the COVID-19 outbreak poses unprecedented challenges to businesses, the Government and communities in Sierra Leone. Companies like Milla Group are reacting in different ways to ensure business continuity, improve the resilience of their supply chain or pivot to innovative ways to generate revenue. The company is a major contributor to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and complies with tax payment to meet the Government’s revenue mobilization drive.

This is not only to boost the fight against COVID-19 but also continue to support the Government to earn the much-needed revenue to meet its economic challenges.

One of the key challenges faced by other countries in the fight against the Pandemic is accessing water storage facilities, which Milla Group has made simple for Sierra Leone. Milla Group was incorporated in 2001, and since then it has taken great strides to set up injection molding, roto-molding, blow molding, and extrusion lines.

Being the leading plastic manufacturing company in Sierra Leone with its headquarters on Bai Bureh Road, Fisher Lane, Kissy, Milla Group has other plastic products such as PVC pipes for plumbing, plastic chairs and other household plastic wares.

The company has adapted its plastic products to meet the demands of the local market.

In these trying times of COVID-19, one of the key priorities for Milla Group is to protect its own workforce while keeping operations running as long as possible while serving the nation.

The Government and People of Sierra Leone should count themselves lucky for having investors like Milla Group that is saving the nation the cost of importing handwashing equipment like water tanks had it not been that they are being manufactured in the country.

We now see lots of organizations and individuals are making a mad rush for Milla water tanks that are designed into handwashing stations for effective use in communities, workplaces, and institutions.

Handwashing station designs are now appropriate for the intended use, considering their health benefit to humanity, design features, and local procurement as well as user experience and accessibility in the market; thanks to Milla Group for making this a reality.

The company prides itself on continually striving to achieve the following objectives: ensuring water conservation is prevalent and affordable throughout the geography of Sierra Leone; actively reducing the environmental impact of waste through providing garbage disposal solutions; providing reliable and cost-effective household plastics for the everyday local consumer to use in their homes; creating bespoke and safe packaging solutions for food, water, grains and liquids; facilitating the local agricultural plantations with products that enhance sustainable growth; supplying quality products to an array of construction houses and building material vendors; hence Milla Group is one of the pioneering local manufacturing industries, striving to promote the “Made In Sierra Leone” image; and it is currently working with a host of prestigious global partners in Sierra Leone, to effectively provide solutions of the highest standards.

Clean and secure water conservation has been a key hindrance in Sierra Leone.

In the context of COVID-19, handwashing is critical wherever people meet and touch surfaces, but handwashing remains also a key hygiene practice to prevent many other water-borne diseases. This includes homes, but also public places such as schools, health care facilities, workplaces, markets, places of worship and public transportation hubs, etc. All these areas should be provided with quality water tanks like Milla tanks for handwashing purposes for all, including people living with a disability and children.

With bold branding techniques and unmatched quality, Milla branded tanks maintain to be the number one tank in the market, especially at these trying times in fighting against a common enemy (COVID-19), serving Governmental organizations, hospitals, schools, charities, mining operations, constructors, households, and business houses. Milla Group has a range of sizes below starting from 200 L capacity all the way up to 10,000 L. This allows it to cater for every type of consumer, be it for a small household or for a large scale agricultural project. Milla Tanks are renowned for strength, functionality, and longevity. In order to give an all-rounded customer service experience, Milla delivers on-site within Sierra Leone. Tanks are also available at their partner branch depots (Pee Cee and Sons) in Freetown, Bo, Kenema, and Makeni.

These densely populated cities are benefiting from improved hand hygiene infrastructure at home and in public places with Milla Tanks mostly installed.

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