Creating capacities & producing knowledge for improved wellbeing in informal settlements. For an inclusive, socially and environmentally just urban Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Joined July 2016
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@SLURC_FT completed boundary and zonal #mapping for three #InformalSettlements in Freetown to generate new shapefiles for each community, determined whether they have expanded, and identified #hazardSpots such as flood-prone areas, heat hotspots, and hanging boulders
#hazardspots
Across If Cities Could Speak’s twenty-one research sites, two questions sit alongside the data collection and field histories:
How do we tell these stories well?
And how do we make sure they reach the people and institutions that need them?
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The Moyiba Drainage Management Committee, #Freetown, is ready to act against #flood, but they can't do it barehanded. "We need shovels, boots, and gloves to clear the drains and save lives".
#SierraLeone #ClimateAdaptation"
@IDRC_CRDI @AbuContehSLURC @LSTMnews
The @SLURC_FT handed over four upgraded #ClimateResilient houses on 20th August 2026, in the #InformalCommunity of Moyiba, eastern Freetown. The houses upgraded were either #retrofitted or built from scratch.
@IDRC_CRDI @LSTMnews @AbuContehSLURC @AYVnews
Read the latest #edition of the @SLURC_FT’s Newsletter (August 2026).
In this #Edition
1. Rethinking urban data for our rapidly growing cities – A call for action
This and more
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@AbuContehSLURC @IIED @IDS_UK @iihsin
@SLURC_FT Joins the #UrbanTRACS AGM 2026 in Kenya
From June 29 to July 8, 2026, @SLURC_FT joined researchers and academics for a 10-day #AGM of the Urban TRACS Research Project in #Kenya.
#ReadMoreDetail below
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In Freetown's informal settlements, climate change has a name: fitina—a word from the Temne dialect, now part of everyday Krio, meaning disaster, confusion, calamity. Read the full field note at the link.
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Researchers Abu Conteh and Ishmail Conteh spent time with residents of Cockle Bay, Colbot, and Moyiba—three settlements built on reclaimed seafront, swampy lowland, and unstable hillside—listening to how people understand, describe, and live with what is changing around them.
@SLURC_FT Validates Research Findings from #LandUsePractices and #ClimateChangeVulnerabilities in Informal Settlements
#See key highlights of the #researchfindings below👇
#LandUseChange #climatechange #FloodRisk #ExtremeHeat #UrbanResilience #PolicyChange
Climate change is not hitting cities equally. It hits specific places—settlements where vulnerability already runs deep.
If Cities Could Speak works across 21 settlements in India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.
#IfCitiesCouldSpeak #GlobalSouth #Health #ClimateChange
Sierra Leone Pilot: #HeatStress in National #DiseaseSurveillance
Through the #UrbanSHADE project, health workers in the three pilot communities, #Moyiba, #Susan's Bay, and #CKG in Freetown, are reporting EWEs via the #IDRS form
Heat is a silent killer. Now, it’s being tracked. 🌡️
🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay–5th June 2026, @JMMacarthy, the Executive Director of the @SLURC_FT shared his reflections on the alarming state of #EnvironmentalDegradation in the Western Area, Freetown
#WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate #AYV #MultisectoralAction
@AbuContehSLURC
📢 How do you measure success in community resilience of the #UrbanSHADE project?
#SiaTengbeh, the MEL Officer of the project, broke down two #KeyIndicators for #ExtremeWeatherEvents:
🤝Engagement
🎯coordination
Read the details below.
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@AbuContehSLURC
From forecast to action 🚨
Co-Designing Extreme Weather Events Communication Protocols with Freetown’s Informal Communities
#ReadFullStory 👉 l1nk.dev/irfajok
#UrbanSHADE #ClimateAction #Freetown #ExtremeWeather #ParticipatoryResilience
From 6–7 May 2026, the Urban SHADES project brought stakeholders together in Freetown to strengthen health resilience in informal urban areas facing extreme weather.
#UrbanSHADES #Freetown #ClimateResilience #UrbanHealth
@AbuContehSLURC @JMMacarthy @Andrea_Klingel @braima_koroma
From #SandMiner to #MangrovePlanter. One man's determination to regreen the Freetown shoreline.
"It will take time, but it will be worth it."
#ReadFullStory on
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@AbuContehSLURC @IDS_UK @iihsresearch @IIED
#GoodNews from #Freetown!
After months of co-design between @SLURC_FT and partners, Climate-resilient housing in Moyiba moves from research to pilot stage!
#ReadFullStory Below
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#climatechange #ClimateAdaptation #ResilienceIsKey
@AbuContehSLURC
📸 Communities in #Freetown informal settlements of Cockle Bay, Moyiba & Colbot are documenting climate health risks – and recommending solutions
#Read more on preliminary findings and community-Led solutions below: acesse.one/3gomtue
