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TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE SIERRA LEONE WEALTHIER AND HAPPIER
roots MISSION
The mission of ROOTS is to enable a new kind of politics where institutions are more accountable for our resources and more responsive to the economic and social needs of citizens.
Membership
ROOTS AmbassadorS
communities across Sierra Leone
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How to get involved
At ROOTS, we bring together grassroots initiatives, citizen activism, and community-driven action to challenge, influence, and reform economic policies and programmes that too often fail ordinary Sierra Leoneans. By uniting individuals and communities, ROOTS seeks to amplify grassroots voices, strengthen collective action, and promote constructive engagement with decision-makers so that national policies and priorities reflect the needs of everyday citizens rather than the interests of a few political elites.
Become part of the ROOTS Movement. Together, we can amplify citizen voices, increase public accountability, and influence the policies that shape Sierra Leone's future.
Be an ambassador
Be the change you want to see. As a ROOTS Ambassador, you will inspire others, lead community initiatives, raise support for local projects, and help shape a Sierra Leone that works for everyone.
Join our campaigns
When citizens unite around shared challenges, their voices become stronger. Join ROOTS campaigns to help influence policies and decisions that affect your life.
Fundraise
Our fundraising is to promote development by Sierra Leoneans for Sierra Leoneans. Take pride in supporting community projects with clear impact and meaning for citizens.
Monitor change
Help track public service delivery in your community, and demand improved standards.
Give feedback
Change is stronger and faster when citizens and authorities co-create solutions. Share your feedback (positive and negative) to help improve your quality of life.
OUR AMBASSDORS
Boii's School Playground Project
The project seeks to improve the quality of education in Sierra Leone by establishing Children’s playgrounds in selected schools. As a former pupil of the Fourah College School, experience teaches me that schools playgrounds are critical engines for holistic child development, driving significant improvements in student enrollment, academic retention, and long-term community cohesion. My wish is for every child to learn and grow in the school by playing with others
ApreeL's - Stars Against Drugs (SAD)
This project brings musicians and influencers together to take a frontline role in combating drug and substance abuse through targeted advocacy projects especially in parties and chilling events. Given that entertainment culture heavily influences youth behavior, this project will leverage on the massive platforms of musicians to reverse the normalization of drug abuse, support rehabilitation, and fund grassroots community projects.
Drizilik’s Rural Ambulance Project
Equipped with a patient stretcher, first-aid supplies, communication equipment, and weather protection, the ambulance will provide rapid, reliable, and affordable transportation from villages to the nearest health facility. Working with partners such as the Ministry of Health, Tricycle ambulances can: save lives; improve maternal and child health; reach remote communities; make healthcare affordable and sustainable.
Aminish’s Kenema Ambulance Project
Poor road conditions, long distances to health facilities, and the high cost or unavailability of conventional ambulances often delay life-saving medical care in Kenema diatrict. The Rural Tricycle Ambulance Initiative seeks to promote citizens’ contribution to healthcare provision as a means of promoting ownership and sustainability. This project will deploy specially designed motorized tricycle ambulances capable of navigating narrow, rough, and unpaved rural roads.
What people say
“When trouble comes to a country, it is the children who suffer the most.”
We can't simply change leaders. We know that we've been changing leaders back and forth, and nothing has changed. As citizens, we believe that we can provide the pressure that can lead to that change." -
“We need a movement that unites citizens beyond tribe, party, and region.” -
If the same problems continue across governments, then the system itself is the issue.” -