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Ahead of World Food Day… SiLNoRF Engaged Journalists and CSOs in Makeni

By: Amadu Wurie Timbo

The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) and partners have on Friday October 9, 2020 engaged Journalists and CSOs in Makeni in a day’s stakeholders meeting.

The engagement which was held at the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone Northern Region Office in Makeni, Bombali District begins SiLNoRF and Partners match towards this year’s World Food Day Celebration.

Journalist and CSOs took part in an open discussion, identified major challenges and recommended that SiLNoRF and partners should heighten their awareness raising to the public on the right to food nationwide to ensure that Government see the need to make laws that will ensure food availability, access and utilization.

Abdulai Kamara, the Project Manager at SiLNoRF intimated this medium that SiLNoRF in partnership with CoMNeT is implementing a 38-month project titled “Promotion of the Right to Food” with funding from Welt Hunger Hilife (WHH). 

He reiterated that “The project operates under key objectives of contributing towards Nutrition and Food Security with a broad goal of ensuring that the Right to Food becomes a law in Sierra Leone”. 

He further revealed that on World Food Day which is celebrated on October 16th every year, noting that despite COVID-19 restrictions SiLNoRF and partners are planning to host a press conference to present findings and outputs of all the Engagements to the press by way of celebrating this year’s World Food Day on the theme: Food Safety is Everyone’s Business.

Speaking on behalf of participants, Isha Melvina Fornah a volunteer at CAHSec expressed appreciation to all partner organizations that are jointly working in ensuring that the “Promotion of the Right to Food” becomes a reality in the Sierra Leone. 

For Isha, the training is one of the best she has attended. Isha emphatically stated “I will ensure that I disseminate thoroughly all that I have learnt today about Food Safety”.



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