Located in northern Sierra Leone, Bombali’s regional hub is the city of Makeni. Here, community engagement for the Youth Studying Change Lab is led by Geetanjali Gill and Ruby Bangura, working alongside local youth researchers Mariama Patricia Turay and Emmanuel Jaward Koroma.
Photovoice with youth in Sierra Leone 2026
Youth contributors to this photovoice collection were drawn from participants in the Global Affairs Canada project “Championing Gender Equality and Inclusive Education,” which is being implemented in Bombali and Tonkolili districts in Sierra Leone. The photovoice workshops that produced these stories took place within the “TRANSFORM: Engaging Youth for Social Change” project.
