 to the cancellation of flights from and to Sierra Leone. The obvious effect of this in the tourism industry is “bad business,’ to be simply put. It has increased the cost of running a hotel per day, yet the income is nothing to write home about.
The above notwithstanding, the Sierra Leone traders Union is seeking support in the following areas:
- Sensitization and training of general membership on Ebola preventive measures nationwide and contact tracing.
- The provision of special assistance to health workers in the form of Personal Protective Equipment.
- Assistance to member homes that has been quarantined due to the Ebola
- Financial assistance to the Sierra Leone Traders Union solidarity fund to cater for both affected workers and family members of Ebola deceased workers.
In the present precarious and life threatening circumstance we are faced with in Sierra Leone, we are requesting StreetNet International to assist the union in mobilizing financial resources to help the union carry out more education on preventive measures, and also to enable it render more humanitarian assistance to its members and families that have already been quarantined.
As partners in development, we are looking forward to StreetNet and its international funding partners to extend assistance to the Sierra Leone Traders Union during these most challenging moments as a collective effort to eradicate this deadly disease that has and continues to ravage the West African sub-region.
Thank you so immensely as we anticipate your generous assistance.
Aaron A. Boima
National Secretary General – Sierra Leone Traders Union
National Coordinator: Informal Sector Coordinating Secretariat – Sierra Leone Labour Congress.