Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio Launches Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund, Reiterates New Direction Manifesto Commitment
Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio Launches Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund, Reiterates New Direction Manifesto Commitment Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday 30 July 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund, PERSIF, project to provide basic social services and support local economic livelihoods and job creation, six years after the deadly outbreak that killed thousands. The two key components and deliverables of the US$12.4 million project would include basic social service delivery - medical equipment and medicines for #Maternity Centres, Primary Health Units, and Community Health Posts – and local economic livelihoods and job creation with the objective of creating access to finance and support economic activity and cross-border trade. “As speaker after speaker has noted, #Ebola took a heavier toll on our communities where the disease was most prevalent -- especially on our border and some urban communit...