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Today is International Children’s Day. As we start the countdown to June 16, Day of the African Child, we commemorate Children at a time where lives have been disrupted or lost to COVID-19. This June, Save the Children Sierra Leone amplifies the voices of children in communities across the country, sharing their stories of the impact of the pandemic on their lives and their learning.

^{Musa, 5, with his brother Alimamy, 7 months old at Susan’s Bay, May 2021. Photo Credit: Abdul Sillah Save the Children}

_{^{Save the Children staff verifying beneficiaries for cash transfer at Susan’s Bay, 20 May, 2021. Photo credit, Abdul Sillah, Save the Children}}

Since Monday, 17 May 2021, Save the Children has been donating cash transfers of five hundred thousand Leones (le500,000) to 800 most deprived households; 581 women, and 209 men affected by the fire in Susan’s Bay.

^{A fire tore through a poor community in Sierra Leone’s capital on 25th March 2021 and left thousands of families homeless overnight. Abdul Sheriff, Save the Children}