CHECSIL HAS Embarked on:

. In Feb 1992 A National Seminar on The Earth Summit and Environmental Challenges for Sustainable Development in Sierra Leone

. 1994 – 2000 Outreach Human Ecology and the Environment a series of broadcasters by local experts to create awareness of ecology issues with a view to involving listeners in the action for sustainable development

. 1996 to date An Agro –Forestry Community based Project on 34,7acres of leased land at Grafton, 2 miles from the city of Freetown for the cultivation of vegetable gardens and fruit trees to alleviate poverty and the establishment of Trees Nurseries to provide seeding for reforestation of degraded hillsides.

. A Displaced Women ‘s, Youth, and Community based Project at GRAFTON – ONGOING

. Workshop in Agriculture and Skills Training ongoing

. Case Studies, Survey and Research ongoing

Council for Human Ecology Sierra Leone
CHEC-SIL Secretariat
Freetown, Sierra Leone

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About CHEC-SIL

CHECSIL was launched on the 13th the, February 1990 by the Head of States. The idea for setting up this organization originated from a conference hosted by the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council in Edinburgh Scotland in July 1989.

MEMBERSHIP is open to all Sierra Leonean who are interested in Human Responsibility for the protection of the Environment for Sustainable development who subscribe to the objective of CHECSIL.

WHAT IS HUMAN ECOLOGY? Human Ecology is about the interaction of man and human society with the environment? It is concerned with the human beings, the philosophy and quality of life in relation to the development of biological and geographical resources of urban and rural settlement, of agriculture, industry and technology, of economics and of education and culture CHEC London.