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Girls in Sierra Leone are stuck in a poverty, health complications, violence & dependency cycle, resulting in one of the highest child marriage rates.

In a monumental step for children's rights, Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a landmark bill prohibiting child marriage.

Launched in 2022 by Sierra Leone's Ministry of Basic and Secondary School Education, the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Education Outcomes Fund, SLEIC aimed to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for 134,000 children in 325 public primary schools across all districts of Sierra Leone

People facing rising seas, fiercer storms and hotter weather along Sierra Leone’s coast will benefit from a significant new initiative.

Dr Modupe Taiwo shares experiences of child and early forced marriage programming in Sierra Leone at the Women Deliver event in Rwanda.

Sierra Leone: Innovative sexual health app to help prevent surge in teenage pregnancy due to COVID-19

Sierra Leone has one of the highest child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal mortality rates in the world

Thousands, including children, need food and shelter after fire devastates deprived community in Sierra Leone

On World Environment Day, Sierra Leone officially launched the $26.8 million Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project (SLCRP), aimed at protecting 75 vulnerable coastal communities across five districts. With support from the Green Climate Fund and a coalition of international and national partners, the five-year project will restore 1,500 hectares of mangroves, strengthen climate governance, promote sustainable livelihoods, and empower women, youth, and children. The high-level event featured remarks from the Minister of Environment, traditional leaders, youth advocates, and development partners, marking the beginning of a bold national commitment to climate adaptation and environmental justice.

More than 1 million children and their families will be targeted in a major Mpox prevention campaign in Sierra Leone launched by Save the Children after the West African country recorded its first cases of the potentially deadly virus.

Save the Children – Sierra Leone seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced local and national actors (L/NAs) including National Non-Governmental Organizations (NNGOs), Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Organizations of People with Disability, Women-led/Feminist Organizations, Girl Led organizations/Groups, – national – who are interested and have their strategic plan aligns with SCI 2025-2027 Country Strategic Plan listed below;

When 19-year-old Kuji* managed to stop her cousin Kpemeh’s* marriage at age 15

AXA XL contributes $1.2 million to major African community climate-resilience partnership

Child marriage is one of the fastest ways to destroy a girl’s future

We must act to avoid a lost decade for African children

More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago

6 Ways Children Are at Risk in a Health Crisis, Even If They Don’t Get Sick

Millions of children are still at home, out of school, unable to access any form of alternative education

Agitation, Action and Accountability – towards ending child marriage by 2030

More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day

School closures put girls at risk of early marriage

African Governments Must Commit to Get Children Back to School!

One fifth of the population of southern Malawi will be better equipped to safeguard against climate-aggravated health risks due to a US$37 million initiative announced today by the Green Climate Fund, the Government of Malawi, and Save the Children and its partners.

One girl under 15 married every seven seconds

Save the Children has handed over its coastal resilience project to 12 communities in Pujehun and Bonthe. The project improved livelihoods, protected mangroves, and empowered locals through VSLAs, eco-friendly ovens, and training. Communities now lead the way forward.

Save the Children’s impact and outputs at the the Women Deliver Conference.

Save the Children UK’s Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, met children being supported at a hospital in Colombo

ECOWAS takes another important step towards ending child marriage

Using data to support the most vulnerable children

Save the Children calls for perpetrators of violations against children in conflict zones across the world to be held to account

ONE THIRD MORE GIRLS SET TO FACE DOUBLE BLOW OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHILD MARRIAGE BY 2050 – STUDY

COVID-19: Millions out of school, jeopardising the future of children in West and Central Africa

SHIFTING POWER TO CHILDREN – OUR CHILD PARTICIPATION EFFORTS IN OUR LOCALISATION AGENDA

The number of girls at extreme risk of facing the double blow of climate change and child marriage is set to increase 33% to nearly 40M by 2050

kenya rates poorly in teen pregnancy war

Four in ten adults worldwide claim their childhoods blighted by discrimination – new research from Save the Children

Save the Children announces new global investment entity to deliver social benefit to millions of children.

The Australia-led Declaration – launching today at the UN General Assembly in New York –aims to strengthen compliance and implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2730, which calls on States to respect and protect United Nations and humanitarian personnel in accordance with their obligations under international law.

Why our voices matter! How Children Can Work Together to Help Eliminate Harmful Practices

Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day

Severe pneumonia leaves 4.2 million children desperate for oxygen each year

From a ban on child marriage to blood deliveries by drone for women giving birth, here are 10 positive changes for children that happened in 2024.

Save the Children responds to thousands of children in need in the wake of Hurricane Eta

What does ‘investing in girls’ look like in practice? Here are 16 practical tips to make a difference.

Around one in two out-of-school children and adolescents live in countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, Save the Children analysis finds.

The war's resumption is a death sentence for Gaza's children. This March saw some of the deadliest days for children in Gaza. In this op-ed, Rachael Cummings, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Gaza highlights the severity of the situation for children and calls for a definitive ceasefire.

Almost a third of today’s five-year-olds – about 38 million children – will be spared a lifetime’s “unprecedented” exposure to extreme heat if the world meets the 1.5°C warming target by 2100, Save the Children said.