This document provides a project brief for a recovery program in Kono District, Sierra Leone following the Ebola outbreak. The program aims to assist communities in getting to zero Ebola cases and supporting post-outbreak recovery efforts across health, agriculture, education and operations. It outlines objectives to build local capacity, revive local economies, monitor schools reopening, and establish partnerships for project delivery. Milestones include assessing needs, building civil society partnerships, monitoring health centers and farms, and providing resources to schools. The goal is sustainable support for Kono District's recovery through local organizations and government institutions.

1. Kono District Development Association UK (KDDAUK) (UK Reg Charity 1160673)
Project Brief
Project Name: - Getting to Zero and Kono after Ebola (Recovery Programme)
Department: _______________________
Last Updated: 18 August 2015
Author: Sahr O Fasuluku
Project Manager(s): _______________________
Executive Sponsor: KDDAUK Board of Trustees
Project Department Owner: ___________________
Programme Coordinator: Sahr O Fasuluku (trustee)
KDDAUK VISION: “Together the descendants of Kono will make Kono a better place to live”
KDDAUK MISSION: “Sustainable programmes in Kono District and UK and togetherness within
the Kono Descendants’ communities”
KDDAUK Objectives (Sierra Leone)
I. To develop the capacity and skills of people and communities of the Kono District, Sierra
Leone so that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate
more fully in society. 2. The relief of poverty of people and communities in the Kono District of
Sierra Leone, and provision of advocacy, information and advice. 3. To advance the education
of the general public, and advance knowledge of the language, history, culture and traditions of
the Kono Tribe of Sierra Leone. 4. To preserve and protect the environment of the Kono
District of Sierra Leone and promote sustainable development in that District. 5. To promote
human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent UN
conventions and declarations) throughout the world, particularly amongst those in the Kono
District of Sierra Leone, members of the Kono Tribe and refugees and immigrants from this
district by: monitoring abuses, relieving need among the victims, research, technical advice to
government and others, contributing to the sound administration of human rights law,
commenting on proposed legislation; raising awareness, promoting public support and respect
for human rights, international advocacy, eliminating infringements.
Project Goals for “Getting to Zero and Kono after Ebola (Recovery Programme)”
1. Getting to zero, staying at zero, and assisting post ebola recovery at chiefdom and village level
for all chiefdoms in Kono.
2. Build delivery partnerships and partner capacity to enhance civil society activity and
effectiveness in Kono District
Overview
Between the 1970’s and early 1990’s Sierra Leone suffered poor governance and neglect followed by
ten years of civil war, which ended officially in 2002. Prior to the war, Kono District was one of the
most neglected and least developed areas of the country and suffered an almost complete collapse of
infrastructure. During the conflict Kono District was the centre of the bloody struggle for control of its
diamonds. Almost all of its population were displaced and the area was decimated. After the war, huge
resources were poured into Sierra Leone, however by 2013 the country’s Human Development Index

2. (HDI) was 0.364, among the worst in the world. The HDI attempts to measure three basic dimensions
of human development; a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. In 2013
Kono District remained one of the least developed parts of Sierra Leone, suggesting its HDI was much
lower than the country’s average.
In 2014 an ebola epidemic spread throughout Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, causing 11,619 cases
and 3,629 deaths in Sierra Leone alone as of April 2015. Local economies, livelihoods and agriculture
were badly affected by the epidemic and schools were closed between June 2014 and April 2015.
Thanks to international intervention and mass sensitisation of communities, cases of ebola have
drastically reduced, but occasional spikes still occur. NGO’s are starting to pull out and downsize their
operations, however local-level ebola resilience is questionable and local health care, economies,
agriculture, education, health and sanitation are below inadequate.
There is still much to be done in the long term. Local civil society organisations are in the best position
to monitor and deliver in partnership with government institutions. This project is intended implement
KDDAUK’s activities in Kono District to assist local chiefdom by chiefdom efforts to get ebola to zero,
keep it at zero and assist post-ebola recovery in Kono District.
Issues/Opportunities
Chiefdom by chiefdom health care capacity is low in Kono District, there has been some sensitisation of
communities during the large scale ebola response, but this needs to be continued to ensure sustained
ebola resilience for each chiefdom in the district.
Health care centres in each chiefdom need ongoing monitoring and reporting of facilities to mobilise
NGO and government intervention. The latter’s attention must remain focused on getting to zero,
staying at zero, and assisting post ebola recovery across multiple sectors.
Local farming and economic activity has suffered, farmers and local communities will need assistance
reviving agriculture and economic activity.
Schools closed since June 2014 have reopened as of April 2015. Teachers will be required to return to
work, and students to study. Government assistance for ebola precautions such as hand washing
facilities has started to arrive at schools in Kono. Government has promised assistance to students and
staff to resume education. Many female ex-students are reported to be pregnant and the ministry of
education has controversially banned them from returning to school or taking their exams. Most
schools are reported to be unprepared and disorganised. Most schools need significant organisational
assistance, training and learning resources to build their capacity to deliver a decent standard of
education.
KDDAUK has not yet established its procedures for project and programme delivery in Kono, this will
be necessary by building partnerships in Kono with local CBO’s, NGO’s and local government agencies
who will act as delivery partners.
Local CBO’s and NGO’s have low organisational and service delivery capacity. However, during ebola
several received significant capacity building, training and practical experience in community outreach,
sensitisation, infection control, team-training and team-building, etc. This has created a potentially
large available skills base for future programmes in Kono District, if they are engaged before dissipating
into other regions or professions. Many workers were teachers who are now returning to newly re-
opened schools in all chiefdoms.

3. Local government and institutions have not shown a good track record of detailed monitoring and
reporting, as a result there were delays in mobilising support and intervention from larger NGO’s and
government institutions. KDDAUK will need to assist setting up of procedures and perhaps personnel,
to ensure monthly/quarterly monitoring and reporting.
Memoranda of Understanding with delivery partner local CBO’s and NGO’s and governmental
institutions will need to be implemented
Project Objectives
Health:
 Capacity building and sensitisation: Assist Chiefdom by chiefdom health care capacity building
efforts and continued ebola sensitisation of communities
 Ongoing monitoring: Provide ongoing monitoring of health care centres for ebola and general
health resilience and capacity
 Advocacy: Provide advocacy on behalf of chiefdoms to mobilise; larger NGO and government
health intervention.
Farmers and economy:
 Monitoring and assistance: Provide chiefdom by chiefdom monitoring and assistance to
farmers and local communities to revive agriculture and economic activity.
Education:
 Monitoring and assistance: Provide monitoring and assistance to schools
 Provide library resources: Enhance library and learning resources for secondary and adult
learning
 Develop adult learning: programmes and projects
Operations:
 Establish procedures: for KDDA UK project and programme delivery in Kono District,
 Build partnerships: in Kono with local CBO’s, NGO’s and local government agencies who will
act as delivery partners and provide data and information.
 Capacity build: Local CBO’s and NGO’s.
 Regular monitoring by partners: KDDAUK will need to set up procedures and perhaps
personnel - within local CBO’s and local government institutions - to ensure monthly/ quarterly
monitoring and reporting.
 MOU’s: Agree and sign Memoranda of Understanding with delivery partners
 Agree with partners which specific projects: to be delivered and budgets (under above sector
headings)
Milestone 1 – Preparing for delivery. Partnerships and Civil Society Capacity.
 Human resources: Team of local volunteer community workers established, country director
and Freetown-based support volunteers appointed, local managers agreed with partners

4.  Terms of reference, training and logistics: Provide volunteer community workers with terms of
reference, training, communications and transport
 Mobilise Fact-finding survey: Volunteer workers visit all CBO’s, NGO’s & govt institutions in
Kono, find out their; objectives, current activities, national sector strategy objectives they are
working towards, who is supporting them, how, constraints, their participation in decision
making process, whether open to forming partnership with KDDAUK and/or other likeminded
orgs, contact details and collate database
 Establish immediate partnerships: in Kono with a list of sector-specific and non-specific active
local CBO’s, NGO’s and local government agencies who will act as delivery partners and
provide information. (Health, agriculture, education, commerce, environment, human rights,
emergency humanitarian aid, taskforces, working groups, council offices, etc.)
 MOU’s agreed and signed: Contents of Memoranda of Understanding discussed with delivery
partners, agreed and signed.
 Capacity building commenced and ongoing: Local CBO’s and NGO’s.
 Information sharing systems and communications: have been set up and being developed
 Monthly/quarterly monitoring procedures developed and in practice: procedures and
perhaps personnel, within local CBO’s and local government institutions to ensure
monthly/quarterly monitoring and reporting
 Partners have agreed Projects and budgets: Agree specific projects to be delivered, budgets,
and level of assistance in each case
Milestone 2 – (This milestone should be broken down further into 3 sets of milestones )
Health:
 All chiefdom/village-level healthcare-provision surveys complete and results collated: 1st
health-provision, ebola-readiness and ebola-sensitisation effectiveness survey completed
(chiefdom by chiefdom, health centres, local authorities, CBO’s, NGO’s)
 Advocacy initiated and ongoing: on behalf of chiefdoms to mobilise; larger NGO and
government health intervention.
 Continuing ebola sensitisation by partners ongoing: of communities in all chiefdoms
 Regular (monthly/quarterly) monitoring commenced and ongoing: of health care centres for
ebola and general health resilience and capacity, mainstreaming discussions have commenced
Farmers and economy:
 Provide chiefdom by chiefdom monitoring and meetings with local farmers associations and
cooperatives for needs assessment survey
 Working with local cooperatives and DIFED banks to assist their existing agriculture and small
business programmes.
 Facilitate ABC centres and seed banks
 Assistance to farmers to revive agriculture

5. Education:
Provide monitoring;
 Ebola resilience, effective WASH and sanitation committees
 Learning resources,
 Trained teachers and teacher skill levels
 effective teaching and learning
Provide assistance to selected hub schools
 Ebola resilience, effective WASH and sanitation committees
 Learning resources (library, supply and reproduction of curriculum text books, general
 reference books, African literature, classic literature, etc)
 Trained teachers and teacher skill levels
 INSET teacher training programme initiated
 other
Community library and learning resources programme for secondary and adult learning
Adult learning programmes and projects plans prepared
Draft for discussion and project planning – approvals pending
Prepared By ___SAHR O FASULUKU___________________________________
Programme Coordinator
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AGREED BY Project Manager
Approved By _________TBA_____________________________Date_________
Project Sponsor
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Executive Sponsor
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Client Sponsor
Project Overview — Executive Summary – 2nd DRAFT 18/8/2015
KDDAUK Project - Getting to Zero and Kono District after Ebola (Recovery Programme)