ECO-Tourism Hub

18/08/2026

12/08/2026

North-west.
Portloko

10/08/2026

We've taken the conversation to Bombali District. This morning, LCOY 2026 is at the Regional Library in Makeni City for the Regional Youth Consultation, bringing together young people from across the region to share their priorities on climate change in Sierra Leone.

This consultation is part of the lead up to LCOY 2026, Sierra Leone's Local Conference of Youth, officially endorsed by LCOY and a project of YOUNGO, the official youth constituency of the UNFCCC. The discussions here in Makeni will help shape the National Youth Statement and ensure that voices from Bombali are represented at the national conference in October.

Huge thanks to our co-hosts, Youth Climate Council Sierra Leone, Forum for Agriculture, innovation and empowerment for Children and Youths, Foundation for Youth Empowerment and Advocacy, DearPlastic DearPlastic, ECO-Tourism Hub, Youth Initiative 4 Climate Action, and Action For Community Resilience Group - ACRG , and to our partners, , Sunrise Movement Sierra Leone, YAD Sierra Leone, Girls Connect Sierra Leone, MTeC innovative hub, and LEAD Sierra Leone, for making this possible.

17/07/2026

We are co-hosting this year’s Local conference of Youth Sierra Leone.

We are delighted to officially announce ECO-Tourism Hub as an OFFICIAL CO-HOST of the upcoming Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) 2026, themed "Inclusive Climate Action: Leaving No Youth Behind."

Eco-Tourism Hub is a youth-led organization advancing environmental stewardship and sustainable development across Sierra Leone. The organization promotes responsible tourism and protects the country's rich natural heritage through climate-smart hospitality, community-led conservation, environmental sustainability, cultural preservation, and climate resilience initiatives. It also empowers young people—especially young women—with the knowledge and skills to lead climate action and sustainable hospitality initiatives.

As a premier tourism-focused, youth-led hub, Eco-Tourism Hub promotes innovative experiences that celebrate local communities, indigenous knowledge, and biodiversity. The Hub champions initiatives that demonstrate that tourism can be a powerful driver of conservation, economic opportunity, and sustainable development in the country.

Eco-Tourism Hub, together with other organizations, will play a key role in shaping policy discussions, facilitating interactive climate sessions, and contributing to the development of the National Youth Statement, which will represent the voices and priorities of Sierra Leonean youth at the global UN Climate Change Conference.

we are delighted to have you, Eco-Tourism Hub 🤝

12/07/2026

Call for Participants

Ahead of the Local Conference of Youth Sierra Leone 2026, we are taking the conversation to you.

Join our regional consultations in: Freetown, Makeni, Kenema/Kailahun, Bo, and PortLoko as we build toward an inclusive climate conversation that leaves no youth behind.

These consultations will shape the voices, ideas, and priorities that make it into the national conference this October.

If you are a young person passionate about climate action in your region, this is your moment to speak up and be heard.

APPLY HERE: https://rebrand.ly/zzn8h92

29/06/2026

Growing Spaces, Not Just Gardens 🌱

In Congotown, two schools are becoming living gardens of healing, creativity, and learning.
Jasmine School and Nur School now have vertical gardens built from bamboo, climbing plants, and upcycled tyres and plastics, because limited land didn't stop us, it just made us build upward.

Why "therapy"? Because contact with nature calms children, sharpens focus, and gives kids in tough urban environments a place to simply breathe.
Alongside the gardening, kids painted, drew, and crafted their own healing spaces.
This is more than gardening. It's healing. It's education. It's proof that if green spaces can grow in Congotown, they can grow anywhere. 🌿
Funded by Plan International, with support from C40 Cities and DANIDA through the Youth Climate Action Accelerator.

📍 Congotown, Freetown, Sierra Leone

29/06/2026

In Congotown, two schools, Jasmine School and Nur School in Kolleh and Crab Town Communities, are being transformed into living spaces of healing, creativity, and environmental learning through our School Therapy Garden initiative.

As a tourism and hospitality organization, our work goes beyond beautification. We are intentionally blending creativity, community resourcing, cultural agricultural practices, and nature-based solutions to create spaces that restore both people and environment.

The School Therapy Gardens carry a message that sits at the heart of our ecotourism vision: nature-based solutions are not only for forests, beaches, and conservation sites. They belong in urban communities too. They belong in slums. They belong in overcrowded classrooms with cracked walls and limited resources. If green, healing spaces can grow in Congotown, then they can grow anywhere.

We deliberately chose bamboo as a central material because it is local, affordable, sustainable, and symbolic. Bamboo bends completely during storms yet rises again stronger, a reflection of the resilience we see every day within these communities.

The word “therapy” was chosen intentionally. Research continues to show that contact with nature reduces stress, lowers anxiety, and improves concentration and behaviour. For many children, especially those growing up in difficult urban environments, a calm and safe green space can become a place to breathe, reflect and learn.

Sustainability also guided every stage of the project. Discarded plastics, old tyres, and rubber waste were repurposed into plant pots and decorative features, giving waste materials a second life while teaching children that creativity and resourcefulness can turn something abandoned into something that grows and gives life.

Because of limited land space and the security realities that often come with working in densely populated urban communities, the gardens were designed around vertical gardening. Instead of spreading outward, the gardens grow upward through climbing plants, stacked pots, hanging containers, bamboo structures, and reclaimed materials. The result is not only practical and secure, but visually transformative, turning ordinary school walls into vibrant living spaces.

Alongside the gardens, we introduced painting, drawing, and hands on crafting activities because creativity remains one of the most powerful and overlooked tools for emotional expression. When children paint what they feel or create something with their own hands, they build confidence, focus, imagination, and a sense of belonging.

This was made possible with funds from Plan Int'l Sierra Leone , technical support from C40 Cities, Danish International Development Agency through the Youth Climate Action Acceleration

📍 Congotown, Freetown, Sierra Leone | Ecotourism & Hospitality Hub

27/04/2026

Youth Leading sustainable Action!

We were proud to have participated in the Youth Adaptation and SDGs Leadership Conference organized by Global Youth Counterparts for Sustainable Development. It was a powerful platform bringing young leaders together to drive solutions for climate change and sustainable development.

For two impactful days, we:
-Engaged in climate and SDG discussions.
-Explored youth-led innovations.
-Learned about REDD+ and sustainability.
-Connected with inspiring young leaders.

One key message stood out:
💡 Youth are not just the future, we are the present leaders of change.

At Eco Tourism Hub, we remain committed to:
-promoting the SDGs in our everyday endeavors
-Promoting environmental sustainability.
-Empowering young women in climate leadership.
-Building partnerships for impact.

Sustainability YoungLeaders

18/04/2026

DJ Marshall we want to party!!

17/04/2026

Proud to have Circle as one of the official sponsors of Games in the Woods 🌿🎶
Connecting people through music while powering unforgettable experiences.


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