1. The government of the Republic of Korea will provide humanitarian assistance worth 300,000 US dollars to Sierra Leone, which sustained massive damage from landslides caused by heavy rains in the country’s capital of Freetown on August 14.

° The damage came amid the efforts of Sierra Leone to recover from the Ebola crisis since its end in March 2016. The heavy rains and the landslides are known to have incurred considerable damage to people and property, leaving more than 350 dead, over 600 missing and more than 2,000 displaced.

2. The assistance from the ROK, following the one from the country in 2014 over the Ebola crisis, is expected to help those in Sierra Leone in distress after the natural disasters with their efforts to restore stability in their lives as well as with the recovery work in the affected areas.

3. Going forward, the government of the ROK, a responsible middle-power country of the international community, will continue to step up humanitarian diplomacy aimed to help natural disaster-affected countries and people with their recovery efforts.


* unofficial translation