SIERRA LEONE ASSOCIATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (SLANGO)

The Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (SLANGO) is a consortium of NGOs, both indigenous and foreign, whose primary role is to ensure co-ordination among its members. SLANGO also serves as a unified voice of the NGO Community in Sierra Leone and interfaces with civil society organisations in the country. SLANGO forms the link between NGOs, government institutions, CSOs and donor agencies and promotes the interests of its constituents.

SLANGO was formed in the wake of the mushrooming and proliferation of NGOs in Sierra Leone. It addresses the need for a national co-coordinating entity that NGO interventions in the national development process are henceforth efficiently co-coordinated to avoid duplication of efforts and to work for more meaningful and sustainable impact. It builds capacity of CSOs for increased participation in governance and advocates for gender and development friendly policies while promoting democratic and human rights principles.

SLANGO’s mission is to foster mobilisation and integration of NGO intervention effectively in the development process of Sierra Leone, by providing a mechanism for co-ordination while interfacing with civil society, government and development partners for greater effectiveness in the promotion of citizens rights.

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