Social Linkages For Youth Development And Child Link, led by Habib Kamara, has provided targeted support to vulnerable female drug users in Sierra Leone by offering community peer support, free family planning services, and confidence-building beauty sessions in response to a public health emergency over synthetic drug abuse.

Social Linkages For Youth Development And Child Link, a local nonprofit dedicated to combating drug use among youth in Sierra Leone, has actively lobbied the government for additional resources to fight the growing synthetic drug crisis. The organization’s efforts include engaging former users as peer educators to help inform young people about the toll of addiction.

Social Linkages for Youth Development and Child Link (SLYDCL) organized a community event on October 10, 2023, to commemorate World Mental Health Day by providing free health services, including HIV testing, TB screening, and pre-exposure prophylaxis, aimed at engaging drug users and other vulnerable youth. The initiative highlights support for marginalized groups and emphasizes community healing and preventive healthcare.

Habib Kamara, the executive director of Social Linkages for Youth Development and Child Link, announced a comprehensive plan to combat Sierra Leone’s youth drug abuse epidemic. His strategy involves mobilizing community members, advocating for stringent government action—including the confiscation of properties tied to the drug trade—and targeting the harmful effects of the ‘Kush’ cannabis variant to safeguard youth development.