Food Preservation Hut
In Sierra Leone where agriculture is the backbone for our economic growth and food security, 60% of our local farmers suffers from post harvest losses contributing to food insecurity and low economic growth.
Early this year in February 2024, we pitched an idea at The Freetown Pitch Night, a flagship event organized by Innovation SL of us building the first solar energy dryer as an alternative means to reduce the massive post harvest losses that our local farmers are experiencing.
With funds from World Food Programme (WFP) Sierra Leone, we have commissioned our first piloted Solar energy dryer at the Binkolo Community, Saffroko Limba chiefdom, Bombali district the northern part of Sierra Leone. This facility will impact over three hundred local farmers within and out of Binkolo in preserving their crops and reducing post harvest loses through the use of renewable energy.
As a youth led organization promoting climate smart agriculture and education, we are looking for more partners that can support us in scaling up this idea in more local farming communities within Sierra Leone.
The comissioning of the first solar drying hut was covered by Sierra Leonian National broadcast news channel AYV NEWS. See the story on our facebook page here.
Testimonials
“Before the solar dryer, we were at the mercy of the weather. Now, we have control over our drying process, which means more consistent product quality and higher profits.”
- Augustine Aruna, Community Member
“We've been able to invest the extra income from our dried products in our children's education and healthcare."
- Tenneh Jabbie, Local Farmer
“Thank you to WFP for at least empowering these youth organizations that actually come… bringing development to our community”
- John Yamba Kanu, Deputy Chairperson – Bombali District Council
