Since 2008, BRAC Sierra Leone empowers vulnerable communities with health, education, agriculture, and youth development.

Our early childhood development program addresses the critical period for children aged three to five. The play-based curriculum incorporates social-emotional learning and identity awareness using a low-cost, high-impact approach. BRAC’s award-winning model breaks intergenerational poverty cycles through early learning opportunities. We support governments and stakeholders with teacher training, mentoring, and curriculum development, benefiting over 10,000 children in our centers.

Our trained, all-women community health workers form a vital network of volunteers who deliver quality, affordable primary healthcare services in their communities and facilitate linkages with formal providers. They provide prenatal and postnatal care to women and diagnose and treat children under five for diseases like malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia. We build the capacity of our program staff, who conduct static health forums and supervise health clubs in communities and schools. Our work is in collaboration with district health management teams to conduct awareness sessions and radio shows on preventing and controlling communicable diseases.

The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women in Partnership with BRAC (AIM) program in Sierra Leone is equipping 156,500 adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses. The five-year program will operate across seven African countries. It applies BRAC’s globally recognized, evidence-based approaches using microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, and skills development to improve lives and livelihoods.

We are the biggest microfinance institution in the country, in terms of clients served and geographic coverage. We provide financial services responsibly, focusing on women living in poverty who would otherwise be excluded from formal financial systems, to create self-employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and promote women’s entrepreneurial spirit. Our range of services places clients’ wellbeing at the center.