Our future is ours to shape.
We equip young people and communities across Sierra Leone to lead practical climate solutions, expand opportunity and build a future where people and nature thrive.
Climate justice begins with community power.
Founded in 2023, Sunrise Movement Sierra Leone is a youth-led organization connecting environmental action with education, livelihoods, equity and public participation.
We believe the people closest to climate challenges should help design the solutions. Our role is to bring together young leaders, schools, local communities and partners to turn that principle into action.
Our story and missionFrom climate ambition to everyday action.
Explore interconnected programs designed to build local knowledge, strengthen opportunity and support lasting environmental change.
Turning waste into an opportunity to lead.
The Eco Champion: Trash 2 Cash project brings practical waste education and student green clubs to schools in Makeni.
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Powering learning, creating pathways.
The Lalehun initiative is working toward solar access for schools and local youth technical training.
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More voices. Greater influence.
Training and dialogue create space for young people, including young women, to shape climate decisions.
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Progress should be inclusive, practical and shared.
Young people lead
We develop youth leadership, skills and pathways to participation in environmental decisions.
Every voice matters
We consider gender, disability, income, age and geography so climate solutions work for more people.
Evidence earns trust
We distinguish plans from results and work toward public, verifiable reporting of our progress.
Real initiatives. Clear next steps.
Our publicly documented activities provide a basis for stronger, evidence-led reporting.
Participating schools
Named in the Eco Champion project launch in Makeni.
Project participation · Original site descriptionSchools in the solar plan
Planned installations for Lalehun’s primary and secondary schools.
Planned target · Not completed installationsYouth training target
Intended solar skills participants, with an emphasis on young women.
Planned target · Lalehun initiativeWe will publish further outcomes when verified program records are available.
Our reporting commitments ↗The movement, in motion.
Updates on environmental education, community leadership and local action.
A more resilient future takes all of us.
Give your time, expertise, ideas or partnership to support community-led climate action in Sierra Leone.