Deadline: 3-Jun-21
The Shout Climate Change Africa (SCCA) is seeking nominations for the Environmental Care Awards for organizations/institutions ,governments or individual that are making remarkable effort(s) in addressing climate change and related issues.
SCCA is an environmental advocacy NGO that highlights sensitive environmental challenges especially climate change and related issues and collaborates with stakeholders in addressing the issues. It also provides internship training to various institutions on climate change and NGO work.
SCCA has been working in partnership with the EU, British High Commission and other stakeholders to clean the beaches of Freetown for maximum touristic potentials. Over the year’s ,SCCA has been working in with Ministries, Departments and Agencies especially the youths and women in making positive impacts in the fight in addressing some of Sierra Leone’s climate change challenges like wildfire, deforestation and plastic waste through mass awareness and public education campaigns, tree planting and cleaning respectively.
SHOUT NOW OR NEVER! on climate change issues that may affect all, formed two years ago which is made up of scores of professional from various expertise that work with other Organizations, Communities, NGOs, Institutions, Companies, Governmental MDAs and schools; with the single aim of providing services that address climate change, environmental problems and related issues.
Since its started, SCCA has undertaken some environmental related assignments through working with local radios, televisions, newspapers and other organizations to jointly address community and environmental related concerns and problems. Key among them was transforming communities from depositing refuse dumps in drainage, support and encouraged communities to contribute and priorities tree planting and reforestation activities; renewable energy usage to fossil fuels and towards decentralized community-owned and controlled sustainable energy.
Shout Climate Change Africa is an independent organization that acts to change attitudes and behaviors of individuals in order to protect, conserve the environment and promote peaceful, healthy living. SCCA has a well-structured management system; it operates from a coordinating center in Freetown, with personnel in the Regional headquarters and hopes to have Focal Persons in all districts in Sierra Leone and Africa at large.
Over the years, the effect of climate change has greatly affected Sierra Leone. The rampant deforestation is very visible in the rate of reduction of the country’s forests cover (forest trees) due to but not limited to the followings:
- The rampant and uncontrolled/unsustainable charcoal burning
- Illegal and rampant logging all over the country for industrial and domestic uses
- Illegal tree cutting for smoking fish, salt processing and for firewood and charcoal burning.
- Large scale Sand and mineral Mining activities clearing large tracts of forests land without compensatory reforestation programmes.
The targeted beneficiaries are charcoal burners, farmers and the underprivileged, with focus on youth and women, with a total rippling effect (indirect beneficiaries) of some 5,000 communities and other members that depends on charcoal for the heating/cooling source of energy.
Eligibility Criteria
- SCCA welcomes partnership with individuals and organizations( National or International) that are interested in the activities by offering them the opportunities to work, train and learn from them as one of the leading environmental NGOs in Sierra Leone.
- SCCA hopes to expand its services to Liberia and the Gambia ( where feasibility studies were done) as soon as the world defeats COVID19.
For more information, visit http://www.sccain.org/index.html