First Fruits Sierra Leone | First Fruits is a Christian faith-inspired, youth-focused Non-Governmental Organization that works on climate change awareness raising, adaption and resilience; gender justice (including women's economic empowerment and agency); and governance and responsible citizenship. We work with young people and their communities, leveraging their energy, skills, experiences and passion to drive lead transformation in their communities. We partner with youths and their communities to enhance their capacity to identify, analyze and address their challenges, working with relevant stakeholders. The organization facilitates the mobilization and participation of people living in poverty, especially women, youths and people living with disability, in initiatives and programmes that enhance their power to transform their situations and their communities. Hence, First Fruits adopts participatory approaches that ensure youths and their communities are at the forefront of problem analysis and co-creating sustainable solutions. Established in 2016 as a Community-Based Organization (CBO) committed to empowering young people as facilitators of communities to mobilize and address social and cultural barriers that keep them in poverty, the organization made gains and officially registered in 2023 as a national non-governmental organization. Our Mission is to work with local communities to transform the systems and structures that perpetuate marginalization, exclusion, exploitation and keep people in poverty. Our Vision is a just and prosperous Sierra Leone where citizens are able to achieve their full potential, free from poverty and injustice, and participate meaningfully in local and national decision making. Our core values are Love, Stewardship, Integrity and Accountability. We operate in southern Sierra Leone, with headquarters in Bo, Sierra Leone