EFA

EFA was founded in 1992 at the time of the Rio Earth Summit in Brazil and one year after the onset of civil war in Sierra Leone in April 1991. Escalation of war in 1997 forced operations to move to neighbouring Liberia, where more than 50,000 Sierra Leonean refugees were located in refugee camps... The end of Liberia's own civil war also saw many Liberians returning home from neighbouring countries, and the establishment of multiple returnee camps. During this period, EFA became an implementing partner of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for environmental action in refugee and internally displaced peoples' (IDP) camps all over Liberia. At the end of the civil war, EFA returned to Sierra Leone, where it has been operating since... EFA believes that in order to protect the natural environment in Sierra Leone, we must address the root causes of environmental degradation in the region.

Registration numbers: 1057788 (W)

Primary location: Sussex Sierra Leone