Swedish-Spanish vlogging duo, Kirstie Hall and Esteban Novillo, will travel to Sierra Leone from 1 to 31 March as part of the European Commission’s Face2Hearts campaign. They will explore the country and report through video on projects that the European Union is funding in the country, in a wide variety of sectors.
Although they are seasoned travellers, Spanish filmmaker Esteban and Kirstie, a North Carolina-born writer based in Sweden, will be both visiting Africa for the first time.
While in Sierra Leone, they will have the opportunity to connect with people who are leveraging EU support to bring about positive change in their communities, working in areas as diverse as education, agriculture, renewable energy, transport infrastructure and electoral reform. The projects that Kirstie and Esteban will visit include:
• Support to the education sector in Sierra Leone – a major bilateral programme with budget support to improve public finance management and promote reform and community participation in education at local level;
• Technical Assistance in Sierra Leone in the Areas of Civil Service Reform, Parliament and the Electoral Cycle;
• Fostering Smallholder Agriculture in Sierra Leone;
• Promoting Renewable Energy Services for Social Development in Sierra Leone (PRESSD-SL);
• Rehabilitation of the Road from Bandajuma to the Border with Liberia;
• Construction Works for the Improvement of Three Bridges;
• Enhancing Cocoa, Coffee, Cashew, Horticultural Crops and Livestock Diversification, and Income Generation for Smallholder Farmers and Exports; and
• The Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) project.
Follow Kirstie and Esteban as they explore the country and discover these EU-funded projects that support local communities in building a more prosperous future for local communities. Follow their trip on@europeaid via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to the Faces2Hearts YouTube channel.
For more information about the campaign, visit the Faces2Hearts website HERE.
Background information
Faces2Hearts is a global campaign which takes 20 international vloggers to some of the most remote places in Africa, Asia and Latin America to cover EU development projects that are changing people’s lives for the better. Last year, the campaign reached over 30 million people across the globe.
Faces2Hearts is organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, which aims to help end poverty and create a safer, fairer and more prosperous world for all.
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