In Operational Phase 8, SGP aims to engage local CSOs/CBOs in landscape-seascape approaches, giving them access to knowledge, skills, and grant assistance to enhance wellbeing, improve socioeconomic conditions, and deliver environmental benefits.

Report on a consultative meeting held by Women in Energy Sierra Leone Limited in March 2024 to address energy access and usage among vulnerable women in Sierra Leone. This initiative was driven by a rapid assessment conducted through Community Engagement Campaigns and Beneficiary Selection processes. The overarching goal of the project is to create equal access to clean energy and climate adaptation measures for vulnerable women, thereby contributing to reducing land degradation and improving sustainable land and community management. The project's focal point revolves around increasing access...

In 2018, eWomen Sierra Leone received $5,000 from GEF SGP to empower youth through social enterprises like waste management and female-run keke-taxis. Success led to $20,000 more in 2021 for building schools with plastic-bricks made from waste, gaining national and international recognition.

Youth Emergency Auxiliary Service Sierra Leone, supported by the GEF Small Grants Programme, launched an agroforestry and land reclamation project to restore 50 hectares of degraded lands, benefiting 500 people in Nongowa chiefdom, Kenema district, Sierra Leone

In 2024, Sierra Enviro Hope, supported by GEF Small Grants Programme, trained 345 rice farmers in Northwest Sierra Leone on safe agrochemical use through hands-on sessions on two demonstration farms.

The project titled "Ecological Restoration through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation of the Botanic Reserve at Fourah Bay College" represents a significant step toward biodiversity conservation and climate resilience in Sierra Leone. Supported by the Small Grants Programme, this transformative initiative was implemented by the Department of Biological Sciences at Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone. Focusing on the restoration of the Botanic Reserve, the project applied ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to rehabilitate degraded landscapes, conserve native biodiversity, and streng...

Case study about the project entitled "Combating Climate Change through the Promotion of Alternative Cooking Fuel such as Solar Cookers and Rice Straw Briquettes", implemented to address the growing demand for firewood and charcoal as the dominant sources of household energy in Sierra Leone.

Case study about “Transforming Plastic Waste into Useful Materials”, a forward-thinking project aimed at addressing the growing challenge of plastic pollution in Sierra Leone.

Plastic pollution is an urgent and far-reaching crisis that threatens natural systems, wildlife, and human health in every country. In response, nations around the world are currently negotiating a high-level treaty to coordinate plastic-reduction efforts on a global scale. Nevertheless, even if an agreement is reached, no single solution can resolve the crisis alone: addressing plastic pollution will require changes at every stage of production and use, from governments enacting new regulations and businesses transitioning to biodegradable materials, to individual consumers choosing reusable ...

Launched in 1992, the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the GEF Partnership, is a GEF Corporate Programme that finances community-led initiatives to address global environmental and sustainable development issues. SGP was specifically designed to generate innovative and impactful local actions by empowering civil society organizations and community-based organizations with a strong focus on social inclusion, including Indigenous Peoples, youth, women and girls, and persons with disabilities. The Operational Guidelines ...