Barmmy Boy's "HIV So Dangerous" Music Video, Member of MCSL Leadership Team
Background
The Mwakawago Community Center, established in July 2007, was made possible in part by a grant from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and by a generous land grant from the Sierra Leone Police Department. The center is located in Kissy, Eastern Freetown.
The center’s namesake, Ambassador Daudi Mwakawago, invited MCW to Sierra Leone in 2003 while he was acting Special Representative to the Secretary General with the United Nation’s Peace Keeping Mission to Sierra Leone. He is currently on the MCW Board of Advisors and continues to support MCSL from his base in Tanzania.
Coming out of a ten year long civil war which ended in 2002, Sierra Leone is on the path to recovery. Through community development projects like the Mwakawago Center, youth are now strengthening their educations and learning vital skills which will keep Sierra Leone peaceful and democratic in the future.
Senior Sierra Leone police representative T.M. Lahia highlighted the center’s potential role in reducing high crime rates among youth in the area. “The project works well with Sierra Leone police’s strategic plan, which aims to engage youth in sustainable development,” he said. “We are committed to provide security to the center and need to ensure transparency and accountability for sustainability and progress.”
Karate/yoga league (registered with the Sierra Leone National Karate Association)
Volleyball league (registered with the Sierra Leone National Volleyball Association)
Community Cafeteria:
Organized, operated and maintained by local youth, the cafeteria provides nutritional, low-cost meals during the mornings and afternoons and is open to all members of the community.
Community Awareness Program:
Members of the youth leadership team host workshops and community events aimed at raising awareness within the community of important social, economic and health issues.
