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The Power of Collective at the World Congress in Nairobi 2024: Survivor Alliance Congress

The world witnessed a remarkable gathering this year in Nairobi, Kenya, as survivors and advocates from over 30 countries convened for the 2024 Survivor Alliance World Congress. This four-day congress, themed The Power of Collective, could not have been more fitting. The event brought together survivors of trafficking, forced labor, exploitation, and modern slavery, uniting […]

CategoriesMigration & Climate Change Victims Support

Surviving the Journey: Stories of Sierra Leone’s Returned Migrants

In Sierra Leone, the realities faced by returned migrants can be harrowing. The BBC program The Assignment sheds light on the powerful stories of Fatmata Bangura, Alimamy Kargbo, and Jemilatu Sheriff, who pursued a dream of reaching Europe but endured unimaginable suffering before returning home. Fatmata’s Ordeal: At 28, she faced repeated sexual abuse, torture, […]

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Sheku Bangura: The Journey from Migrant to Advocate in Sierra Leone

Sheku Bangura’s story is a compelling narrative of resilience and transformation. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sheku chased the promise of a better life through a perilous migration route that led him across Mali, Algeria, and Libya. Despite facing detention and hardships, he returned determined to create positive change. Now the leader of Advocacy Network […]

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ANAIM Visits AIG Brima Jah of the Sierra Leone Poilice

The Advocacy Network Against Irregular Network (ANAIM) team had the honour of meeting with AIG Brima Jah, Director of Operations of the Sierra Leone Police, at the Police Headquarters in Freetown on Monday, October 2, 2023. AIG Brima Jah sincerely welcomed the delegation and expressed his utmost commitment to working with the organization to provide […]

CategoriesMigration & Climate Change Training Victims Support

Risks of Irregular Migration – ANAIM Visits Waterloo

On Saturday the 19 of November 2022 ANAIM Takes Advocacy to the streets of Waterloo As part of our regular outreach programs to reach out to everybody of all ages, class, tribe, religion and sex. ANAIM embarked on a street sensitization campaign to continue it advocacy in discouraging potential migrants while debunking the myth of […]

CategoriesPsychosocial Support​ Training Victims Support

ANAIM educates youths in Waterloo on the risks of irregular migration

Over 100 youths in Waterloo were educated by the Advocacy Network Against Illegal Migration (ANAIM) on the risks and perils associated with irregular migration on Friday, August 20. In his opening remarks, Daniel Koroma, Program Manager, ANAIM, stated that migration is most prevalent among the country’s youth population. For this reason, he said, the organization […]

CategoriesMigration & Climate Change

Migrants as Messengers has completed its three-year mission.

The three-year Migrants as Messengers (MaM) project, a peer-to-peer awareness-raising initiative that gave young people in West Africa the power to decide for themselves whether to migrate, has officially come to an end. Sheku Bangura, the executive director of the Advocacy Network Against Irregular Migration, noted during the event that the three tactics were used […]

CategoriesEnvironment Migration & Climate Change

WASUP raises public awareness of the risks posed by single-use plastics.

Sheku Bangura, the Executive Director of the Advocacy Network Against Irregular Migration and the Chief Pan African Ambassador of the World Against Single-Used of Plastic (WASUP) has started a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of single-use plastic, which he said continues to exist in Sierra Leone and pose a serious threat to people, […]