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CAPTURING THE WESTERN AREA OF FREETOWN — ONE ROOF, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME. Photos and story by [Lazarus Alieu Laza Kama...
09/09/2026

CAPTURING THE WESTERN AREA OF FREETOWN — ONE ROOF, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME.

Photos and story by [Lazarus Alieu Laza Kamara]

I stood on top of George brook dwarzark yesterday, my home with a camera. Not to capture pretty pictures, but to also listen. Because from up here, Freetown tells you the truth about itself.
The photos didn't do it justice, but I'll try.
In the foreground: Red roofs, blue trampoline held down by stones, concrete walls and zinc. Life happening here in real time.
In the distance: The hills don't end, they climbed. House on top of house, community on top of Community. From this one spot I could trace: New England Ville,Brookfields, Imatt, Leicester Peak, Hill Cut, Wilberforce, St John, Delight, Lodge and so many others that don't make it to the maps but make the city run. This is the Western Area, not the postcards. The real Freetown.

WHAT THESE PHOTOS ARE REALLY SAYING
1. Resilience is architecture here: Look at the blue roof with stones on it. That's not decorations, that's a family that prepared for this rainy season. That's innovation with what you have. That's a family saying "we'll not let the wind take our home".
2. The hills are people: Every zinc up that mountain is a decision. Someone climbed, built, planted, and stayed. From Leicester Peak, down to New England Ville, people chose the hard ground because it's home.
3. Beauty and challenge live together: The blue sky is perfect, and the green is lush. But right below it are communities dealing with erosion, water access, and planning gaps. That's Freetown, complicated, beautiful, and worth fighting for.
George brook showed me something: Freetown doesn't grow out, it grows up literally.
And the people who live on these slopes are the engineers of that growth. No cranes, just hands, community, and faith.
To everyone living in the communities I captured: I see you, your roof matters, your streets matters, your Hill matters.
To policymakers, planners,and partners: Let's stop at these hills as a problem to clear. Let's start seeing them as a city to invest in. With proper drainage, housing, roads, and respect.

I came down from George brook dwarzark with few pictures and a reminder: The capital of Sierra Leone isn't just state house and Siaka Stevens street.
The capital is also this: A blue roof with stones, a child walking up and down these hills, a markets in Brookfields, and a church in Wilberforce.
This is us. Which community on the hills do you call home? Tag it below, let's put our communities on the map.

-RAIN OR SHINE: THE UNKNOWN GUARDIANS OF THE SIERRA LEONE'S FORESTS- Today's documentary isn't about a beautiful resort,...
03/09/2026

-RAIN OR SHINE: THE UNKNOWN GUARDIANS OF THE SIERRA LEONE'S FORESTS-

Today's documentary isn't about a beautiful resort, not about a breathtaking rainforest or a crystal clear beach.
Today's documentary is about the real people who deserves the spotlight, who deserves to be celebrated. Have you ever visited a dense rainforest and wondered who's behind it protection? or how our mountains are protected?
It's the middle of the rainy season in sierra Leone, while most of you try to stay dry, there is a group of people heading deeper into the rain. These are our rangers and tour guards.
From Jaibui Island to Outamba-Kilimi National Park, and all the wild places in between, these men and women work tirelessly to protect our forest and wildlife. There office has no walls, it has flooded roads. Their commute includes river crossings. Their tools includes resilience.
The photos tells their story more than words: The all-female biomonitoring team in Loma Mountain National Park. For too long, conservation fieldwork was seen as men's work but these women are rewriting that narrative. They're tracking species, collecting data, and protecting biodiversity — all while navigating the toughest terrain and the weather sierra Leone can offer.
But not withstanding this work is dangerous without support, just as how our work at Green Sierra Leone. without real tools and equipment.
A huge thank you to UNDP in Sierra Leone for supplying this biomonitoring team in Loma Mountains with essential rain gears. That bright orange coat is more than fabric, it's safety, it's dignity, it's message that "we see you, your work matters, come home safe". At Green Sierra Leone, we witness this daily. Conservation cannot happen if the people doing it are not equipped, protected, and valued. UNDP's support is a perfect example of how partnerships turn intention into impact on the ground.

GOING BACK TO GOLA RAINFOREST NATIONAL PARK – THIS TIME WITH A MOVEMENT. My second visit to Gola Rainforest National Par...
30/08/2026

GOING BACK TO GOLA RAINFOREST NATIONAL PARK – THIS TIME WITH A MOVEMENT.

My second visit to Gola Rainforest National Park, but the first time was a generation by Green Sierra Leone.
Yesterday, my college Popay Zee and I laced up our boots again. We were going back to Gola Rainforest National Park.
It's the second time I've set foot in this place having to travel from Freetown. The first time it was just us at Green Sierra Leone — quiet, intentional, documenting, learning. This time was different, we didn't just visited by ourselves, we went with a group of young people, a whole movement of energy, curiosity, and hope walking into the forest together and that changed everything.

Gola Rainforest doesn't change, you do. The moment we stepped into the trails the forest swallowed the noise of the communities around, the air turned cool, the trees closed in. You could hear sound of many waters because you could even see it. It was the same very green canopy, the same moss-covered stones, the same ancient silence that makes you remember you're small.
But this time, the silence was broken by laughter, by questions, by "bro look at this tree!"
The forest was still healing me. But now it was healing us.
The biggest difference between visite 1 and visite 2 wasn't the trail, it was the people on it.
One photo says it all: A long line of young Sierra Leoneans winding through the bush, some are in tank tops, some in caps, some just there for the vibe, but all of them there.
Hiking alone teaches you endurance. Hiking with a group teaches you community.
We watched strangers become teammates helping each other over slippery rocks.
I watched Zee explain why this forest matters while someone filmed on their phone. We watched young people who usually meet on TikTok meet each other in mud, sand,rocks and green canopy.
There was no ego, no "influencer" vs "follower". It's was just our young Salone people choosing to see their country with their own eyes.
That's rare and that's powerful.
The moments that stayed with me personally were:
1. The Guide Shot: Zee was on the trail in his vest, phone up, documenting. That's Green Sierra Leone. Always working, even while experiencing. Because if we don't tell the story, who will?
2. The Waterfall: I stood in front of it and then remembered home, Freetown, Mambo waterfall. Water hitting the rocks below. In that moment, I remember how I used to casually wake up and all it takes is a motorbike and voom, I'm off to Mambo waterfall. But here, it takes raw cash to come this far. But that's what passion and dedication can do.
3. The Green Tunnel: Looking up and seeing nothing but leaves and light. Gola is a cathedral. No walls. Just trees. It reminds you that conservation isn't about saving trees, it's about saving a feeling.

GREEN SIERRA LEONE REFLECTION
At Green Sierra Leone, our work has always been about the least man and the least forest. Yesterday reminded us: Our job isn't just to protect Gola Rainforest from threats. Our job is to bring people to Gola Rainforest. Because people only protect what they love. And people only love what they've experienced.
Thank you to every young person who showed up yesterday, to Zee for being my partner on both trips, to the guides and communities around Gola who keep this place alive!!!

-WHEN WE BORN ILLEGAL DREDGING, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR LIVES ON THE SEWA-Few days ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (...
25/08/2026

-WHEN WE BORN ILLEGAL DREDGING, WE'RE FIGHTING FOR LIVES ON THE SEWA-

Few days ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Southern Region Team took decisive action along the River Sewa. Illegal dredges that were destroying water quality, killing aquatic lives, and threatening livelihoods were identified, seized, and destroyed. The images tells the story: EPA officers and security forces on the river, and the fire. The equipment that was profiting a few, reduced to ash to protect the many. This isn't just enforcement, this is Protection. The river Sewa isn't just water, for communities along the Sewa, the river is everything. it's drinking water, it's fish, it's transport, it's how families farm, wash and survive. Illegal dredging doesn't just damage the environment, it poisons the water children drink, it destroys the fish that the market depends on, it erodes the riverbank that farmers sit on, it takes food off the table of the least man. When we allow such activities to continue, we're not just loosing sand, we're loosing futures.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY Green Sierra Leone. EXISTS.
At Green Sierra Leone, our work is rooted in the same truth the EPA just demonstrated: Environmental protection is human protection. we protect community livelihoods, we enforce and educate, we advocate etc. Climate Change, illegal mining, and deforestation are not separate crisis hitting our rivers, our soil, and our people at the same time. The EPA's action on Sewa is a reminder: We cannot talk about development without talking about the environment that makes development possible. This is a wakeup call to:
The government: Thank you EPA Southern Region Team for showing up. Enforcement must continue, and it must be backed by alternatives for those involved.
To the private sectors: Invest in Green jobs, do not make profits from destroying the rivers that feed our nation.
To the citizens: EPA gave us a number: 1999. It's toll free. If you see environmental violation, report them, this country belongs to all of us.
To my team at Green Sierra Leone: This is our vision, this is why we must continue working with communities daily, this is why we should not give up our responsibility. Every river saved is a community saved. Let the fire on the Sewa river be the last resort. Let's keep working so the next headline is about rivers restored, and not dredges burned.
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The newly developed sustainable tourism site at Bureh Beach is a flagship eco-tourism hub spearheaded by the Ministry of...
23/08/2026

The newly developed sustainable tourism site at Bureh Beach is a flagship eco-tourism hub spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and backed by the World Bank's Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP). Officially unveiled at a major information session, this transformed coastal asset focuses on community-driven growth, environmental preservation, and boosting local livelihoods. It is projected to host roughly 15,000 to 18,000 visitors annually.

This infrastructure it facilities balances modern tourism demands with strict eco-friendly design elements such as:
• The Surf Club & Accommodations — A revamped modern facility catering to local and international surf communities, featuring comfortable visitor lodgings.
• 500-Meter Boardwalk — A central pedestrian walkway illuminated by energy-efficient LED lighting.
• Market Sheds — Dedicated beachfront stalls built for local artisans to showcase and sell authentic crafts.
• Timber Jetty — A new waterfront platform designed to accommodate safe speedboats and boat ride adventures.
• Eco-Amenities — The site features public and beach eco-friendly showers and restrooms. These, among many other facilities that this infrastructure provides.

In alignment with sustainable eco-tourism principles, the Bureh Town Community unanimously agreed to a hybrid management structure. The facilities are leased to an expert private-sector operator for an initial 5 years period. During this time frame, local community members will understudy the operations, ensuring that total management successfully hands over to the village, safeguarding long-term employment and local economic independence.
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21/08/2026

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20/08/2026

Our next destination: Island resort, Lakka.

WHERE THE RAINFOREST KISSES THE ATLANTIC. A Rainy Day of Work, Wonder, and Eco-Advocacy on the Freetown Peninsula.The cl...
19/08/2026

WHERE THE RAINFOREST KISSES THE ATLANTIC.
A Rainy Day of Work, Wonder, and Eco-Advocacy on the Freetown Peninsula.

The clouds were heavy over the Freetown Peninsular Road this morning. Most people see rain and stay in. As an environmental advocate, I see rain and grab my backpack.
Because conservation doesn't wait for sunshine.

ADONKIA - WHERE TWO ECOSYSTEMS EMBRACE

Today I visited a beach in Adonkia Community that most maps will never tell you about. A place where geography performs a rare act: a beach that meets a rainforest.
The Atlantic was grey and restless, rolling waves onto sand that was threaded with brown sargassum seaweed. Behind me, not a road, not a hotel strip, but a wall of green, lush, dripping, ancient rainforest walked straight to the shoreline.
This is very rare! Globally rare!
Most beaches are buffered by resorts, or roads, or dead grass. Here, the forest breathes directly onto the sea. The roots hold the sand. The canopy filters the rain. The forest and the ocean negotiate the tides together.
It is biodiversity in real time. A classroom without walls.

I stood there with my phone out, trying to capture it. The rain came in sheets. My blue reflective vest was soaked, my backpack covered, my "field gear" – which is just a basic phone and a worn chromebook – was struggling. The low-quality lens fogged, the images came out soft, underexposed.
And yet I kept shooting. Because advocacy is not about perfect pictures, it's about proof, proof that places like this exist. Proof that they are worth protecting before we lose them to sand mining, plastics, and careless development.
I sat under a gnarled beach tree, opened my laptop on a wet wooden bench, and started typing my research notes while the rain drummed the leaves above me. This is the work. Field data, photos, stories – even when the conditions are not ideal. Especially when they're not ideal.
THE COST OF DOING THE WORK
Let me be honest about the tools. My gear is not professional. The camera is a phone, the laptop is old, the vest is for visibility, not waterproofing.
The results? Photos that don't do justice to the depth of green. Videos that catch wind noise more than bird song.
But here's the raw truth I've learned: Waiting for perfect equipment means waiting forever.
The forest is being cut now, the beach is eroding now.
So you document with what you have. You tell the stories with what you have. And you use that story to ask for better tools, better funding, better protection.
WHY I WENT OUT IN THE RAIN
People asked me today "why go out when it's raining?"
Because the rain is the point. The rain feeds the rainforest that protect this beach. The rain washes the washes plastics down to shores like Adonkia as see in the sides below, the rain is climate change, arriving early.
My passion for environmental advocacy, eco-tourism, and conservation is not a 9-to-5 job. It is a responsibility. Today I documented a place where the forest meets the sea. I documented it with imperfect tools, in imperfect weather, because perfect conditions may not exist tomorrow.
Freetown Peninsular isn't just and sun, it is a living system. Beach, Rainforest, Community, Ocean etc.
If we protect it, it can feed families, educate children, and attract the world—without losing itself.

Green Sierra Leone. is a youth-led group dedicated to protecting our environment, promoting eco-tourish, and documenting...
17/08/2026

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THE OLD KING'S YARD GATE: From Chains to Care.This is more than a gate, it's proof that even after the worst of humanity...
17/08/2026

THE OLD KING'S YARD GATE: From Chains to Care.
This is more than a gate, it's proof that even after the worst of humanity, we can build places of healing.

In the heart of Freetown, on Wallace Johnson Street, there's a gate. It's not just a gate, it's a scar. it's a prayer. it's a beginning.
Locals calls it THE GATEWAY TO THE OLD KING'S YARD.
History calls it THE SLAVE GATE.
Built in 1819, this stone archway has stood for 200+ years, watching Sierra Leone transformed from a colony of refuge into a nation of resilience. To understand this gate, we must go back to 1807. That year, Britain Navy began patrolling the Atlantic. When they intercepted slave ships, they did not return the captives to where they came from. They brought them right here—in Freetown, the "Province of Freedom". And where did they first came? right here, through this archway you're seeing. This was the 's_Yard
Here, men, women, and children who had survived the horror of the Middle Passage took their first steps to free soil. But Freedom was just the first step. Inside the yard, they received two things:
• Medical care—because many arrived sick, broken and dying.
• Registration—their names, their origins, their new lives recorded.
The stone arch you're seeing on the slide below was built to mark that doorway between bundage and beginning. But wait, you'd like to ask, "Old King's Yard", why that name? It was the compound where rescued Africans were housed, fed, prepared for new life in the villages around Freetown. The "King" referred to the British Crown. For decades, this place was first home for thousands of recaptives from across West Africa. The Yoruba, Igbo, Akan, Themne etc. They came in chains, they left as settlers, as builders, as the ancestors of modern Sierra Leone. Time moved on. The Yard became a hospital. Today, the same GATEWAY leades into CONNAUGHT HOSPITAL — Sierra Leone’s oldest and largest referral hospital. Think about that.
A place that once healed the wounds of slavery, now heals the wounds of a nation. A gate that once registered freed people, now welcomes sick mothers, children, and elders seeking care. The purpose changed, the mission didn't.
In May 1949, the government pronounced it a NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Today, it sits on the tentative list of UNISCO World Heritage—because the world understands: this isn't just Sierra Leone’s history, this is humanity's story. But why should we care about a 200 years old gate? Because memories matters! Because when we walk through this arch, we're walking on the footsteps of people who lost everything...and still chose to build.
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