Welcome to Ministry of Social Welfare

Welcome Mrs Melrose Karminty Minister of Social Welfare.

She had her undergraduate studies at Njala University College and her masters degree at the London Southbank University in the UK, where she graduated with distinction in International Development Studies. She also has a diploma in project management. She taught at the Methodist girls' High School and Technical Institute and worked as program specialist for the DDR program. She was also the program specialist and later served as Acting Country Manager for UNwomen. Our minister also has the international experience as a lead gender consultant for UNDP Sumalia who developed their gender policy. She returned home in 2017 supported her party in developing the New Direction Manifesto of 2018. She became a member of the governance Transition team after President Bio won the elections in 2018. HE appointed her first as dep minister works and public asset and later Dep minister Local Govt in the past government. Due to her exemplary performance, she has now been appointed as our new minister of Social Welfare.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE

MISSION

Empowering and transforming the lives of vulnerable or underprivileged persons and families including young people, women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. We do this through coordinated development and implementation of laws, policies, and programs that promote their welfare and safeguard their rights including religious tolerance.

Core Values

The Ministry is committed to the following institutional values:

Commitment

We are committed to the process of protecting and empowering marginalized groups, and to creating a fair and just society whereby all citizens are viewed and treated as equally important members of society.

PROFESSIONALISM

We believe in discipline, competence, integrity, expertise, team spirit, and tactfulness. We believe that every one of us working at the Ministry must deliver value for money and optimize scarce resources for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone.

ACCOUNTABILITY

We embrace honesty and commitment to being an accountable, transparent, and result-oriented Ministry.

RESPECT

We believe everyone is entitled to their inalienable rights and that everyone should be accorded a dignified life. Read More

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE

Commitment

We are committed to the process of protecting and empowering marginalized groups, and to creating a fair and just society whereby all citizens are viewed and treated as equally important members of society.

Professionalism

We believe in discipline, competence, integrity, expertise, team spirit, and tactfulness. We believe that every one of us working at the Ministry must deliver value for money and optimize scarce resources for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone.

Accountability

We embrace honesty and commitment to being an accountable, transparent, and result-oriented Ministry.

Respect

We believe everyone is entitled to their inalienable rights and that everyone should be accorded a dignified life. Consitent with this view, our work and interventions are guided by the principles of non-dsicrimination, which is why we will challenge any traditional norm or practice exclusionary and contravene spirit and letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other guing principles.

NEWS & EVENTS UPDATE

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞.

Chief Minister Dr. Moinina David Sengeh joins the Ministry of Social Welfare to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the Miatta Conference foyer, Youyi Building.

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. The Ceremony took place at the Bintumani Conference Center.

Sierra Leone's Minister of Social Welfare together with Life for Relief & Development Organisation, Feeds Over Four Thousand School going Pupils in her HomeTown.

𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲. The Event was Organised at the Foreign Service Academy in Freetown.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐥, 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧. 𝐉𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐡, 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚

Minister of Social Welfare Assures Partnership Strengthening & Collaboration to Support a Well-Responsive & Proactive Disaster Reduction Initiative in Sierra Leone.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 (𝟓) 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟖) 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 Which will Guide the Ministry's Work Towards Achieving its Goal.

On the Sidelines of the UN General Assembly of the Summit of the Future in NY, Minister of Social Welfare Calls on the UN to Enhance the Discussion for the Eradication of Child Marriage.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞'𝐬 𝐕𝐈 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 at Grafton in Freetown, 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Ministry of Social Welfare and Co-pillar lead Ministry of Health, Hold Discharge Ceremony For Third Batch Of 100 Rehabilitated Service Users From Rehabilitation Centre At Hastings.

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐍 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 Julius Maada 𝐁𝐢𝐨’𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 Game Changers 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚.

Chief Minister Dr. Moinina David Sengeh joins the Ministry of Social Welfare to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the Miatta Conference foyer, Youyi Building.

The Chair Person at the ocassion of Social Welfare to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the Miatta Conference foyer, Youyi Building.

Inter Religious Council engagement with the Minister

Stateholders Engagement on combating sustance abuse

Conference with International Organisatoin for Migration

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