NOSLINA Donates to Freetown City Council

Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr.

In an effort to reduce urban blithe, environmental pollution and degradation and improve general sanitation and appearance of the city of Freetown, the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) has purchased four large community garbage dumpsters on wheels which are to be placed in places of greatest need in the Freetown area.

The presentation ceremony was held early today at Cathedral House in Freetown. Representing NOSLINA at the Press Conference was Suna G. Nallo, executive director of NOSLINA and Herbert Akieremi George-Williams, Mayor of Freetown, who was handed a check of $5,400 to meet the total cost of the garbage dumpsters. Below is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between NOSLINA and the city of Freetown was also signed.

Such an effort underscores NOSLINA’s mission of contributing to the development of Sierra Leone.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)

PREAMBLE: Whereas the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (hereinafter referred to as NOSLINA) is a Non-Profit Charitable Organization based in the United States of America and dedicated to improvement of the lives of all Sierra Leoneans;

AND, Whereas NOSLINA Members comprise of Sierra Leoneans and their friends in the United States of America;

AND, Whereas the Board of Directors and members of NOSLINA have unanimously agreed to support sanitation improvement efforts in Freetown in 2009 through the Freetown City Council (FCC);

AND, Whereas NOSLINA seeks to purchase 4 new Large Community Garbage Dumpsters on wheels from a manufacturer in Sierra Leone to deliver to the FCC for sanitation relief in Freetown;

AND Whereas NOSLINA has dedicated $5400 US Dollars for the purchase of the said 4 new large community garbage containers/dumpsters payable to the Seller of the garbage containers upon execution of this MOU as prescribed herein;

AND, Whereas NOSLINA entrusts the Freetown City Council as the duly constituted authority in Freetown to oversee implementation of this NOSLINA project in Freetown;

NOW THEREFORE, We the members of NOSLINA do hereby enter into a binding MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING with the Freetown City Council, Republic of Sierra Leone to facilitate implementation of the said NOSLINA sanitation community dumpster project as follows:

Upon execution of this Memorandum of Understanding, NOSLINA will present a total of $5400 US Dollars in Cashier’s checks to the Mayor of Freetown and payable to the Freetown City Council to purchase 4 new Large Community Garbage Dumpsters from a reliable Sierra Leone manufacturer. Payments by the FCC to the manufacturer are to be made in two installments. The first installment is to be paid with the placing of the order for the garbage containers immediately upon the signing of this MOU. The second and final Installment to be held by the FCC should only be paid upon the City Council’s verification and certification that the said dumpsters have been delivered and manufactured to and meet all applicable standards of quality established and determined by the Freetown City Council for such community garbage dumpsters on wheels.

The Freetown City Council, upon receipt of the Dumpsters, will cause the following language to be boldly, visibly and prominently painted on each of the 4 large dumpsters “DONATED BY the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) for use by the People of Freetown.”

NOSLINA will pay for the services of an artist to paint the aforesaid language on each of the 4 new dumpsters so long as it is painted in accordance with established standards for public display as determined by applicable city/state ordinances and laws.

The Freetown City Council will ensure the dumpsters are situated at locations in or around Freetown that derive maximum public benefit and to inform NOSLINA of the specific sites and rationale for site selection.

The Freetown City Council will on its own expense ensure frequent and regular disposal of the garbage collected in the dumpsters and at no time permit NOSLINA Garbage Dumpsters to contribute to sanitation blithe and/or environmental degradation and pollution.

NOSLINA and the Freetown City Council have entered into this Memorandum of Understanding exclusively for the purpose of the NOSLINA Community Garbage Container/Dumpsters Project in Freetown to facilitate professional, accountable, transparent, and public recognition of the project and in the interest of the people of Freetown.


This Memorandum of Understanding is jointly entered into, agreed upon and duly executed in Freetown, Sierra Leone this 3rd day of November, 2009


By_______________________ and _________________________
Suna Nallo, Executive Director Herbert George-Williams, Mayor
For NOSLINA For the Freetown City Council


Witness Whereof

________________________, for NOSLINA

________________________, for the Freetown City Council