The above project was initially approved by the African Development Bank in October 2015 as its contribution to the Post-Ebola Recovery efforts by Governments in the three most Ebola-affected Mano River Union countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.  With Liberia opting out, the project has been redesigned for implementation in the two remaining countries, Guinea and Sierra Leone.  To-date, Sierra Leone is the only country that has commenced effective implementation with all relevant institutional arrangement in place.

The key rationale for this project is grounded on expert opinion, particularly from lessons learned, about the likelihood of reoccurrence of EVD in countries previously affected by the scourge within a period of eleven (11) years.  Thus, with the end of the outbreak in 2015, Sierra Leone was envisaged to be susceptible to the disease and similar epidemics as we now experience with CORVID-19. 

The overall development objective of the project is thus, to “enhance resilience in mainly former Ebola-hotspot communities” in Sierra Leone and Guinea”.  In Sierra Leone, the project will target communities in the Western Area Urban (Freetown) and Western Area Rural, Port Loko and the border communities with Guinea and Liberia in the districts of Bombali, Kailahun and Kenema.