For years, the fertile soil in and around Lagor Community, Bari Poturu, Pujehun District, lay untended with the recurrence of conflict after conflict. “Land disputes were common here,” recalls a local elder. “Families would fight over boundaries and ownership of…
In 2011, Long before the formation of the Pujehun District Multi-Stakeholder Platform (DMSP), a serious boundary dispute broke out between the Sawula and Lungo communities in Pujehun District. Previously, the two communities lived in harmony, sharing social functions and undertaking…
With funds from UN-FAO, the Sierra Leone’s National Land Commission (NLC), in partnership with FAO and their CSO partners have today, 22nd July, 2025, convened a National Level Multi-stakeholder Follow-up and Planning Meeting at the UNFAO Headquarters in Freetown. Land…
Facilitated by the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning through the Sierra Leone Land Administration Project (SLLAP), three communities in the Pakimassagbong Chiefdom, Bombali District, North-East Region of Sierra Leone, came together to witness the official launch of the…
Land has become a complex and highly contested commodity, attracting diverse and often competing interests within society. Governments require land to build roads, affordable housing, and to support agricultural projects. The private sector also demands land for investment purposes, claiming…
With funding from BMZ through Welthungerhilfe, Land for Life successfully concluded a day-long training for media practitioners and other non-state actors on March 21st, 2025, and launched a simplified version of the Customary Land Rights Act and National Land Commission Act of 2022.…
Land for Life (LfL) and its partners from the four operational areas—Pujehun, Kenema, Tonkolili, and Port Loko—gathered in Kenema on the 7th and 8th, of February 2025 for a strategic meeting. The purpose of the meeting was threefold: to review…
Annually since 2020, when five District Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (DMSP) were formed, Land for Life Initiative Sierra Leone has been conducting a shared learning session for all DMSPs nationwide and the General Assembly of Members. The intent of the shared learning…
The three-day training in Bo City, Southern Sierra Leone, was attended by Land for Life’s District Directors, District Facilitators (DFs), who have now been transformed into Paralegals, key members of the District Multi-Stakeholder Platform (DMSP) from the project’s four operational…
With support from UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Tuffer Muller_Think Tank (TMG), Land for Life Sierra Leone and the Human Rights Commission for Sierra Leone have concluded a three-day validation workshop of the Human Rights- based Land Governance…