As the fight against climate change continues, Route 360 Solutions Initiative stands firm with the most affected communities. On 26th April 2026, 25 climate disaster management books were distributed among youth and women in the Cockle Bay slums. This will enable them to prevent, mitigate, prepare, respond to, and recover from climate disasters, such as […]
After winning the Mastercard Foundation Scholar Entrepreneurship Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, Youth4Climate Award, and The Nature Conservancy and National Geographic Society Project Seed Funding, Route 360 Solutions Initiative qualified for the 2026 Hult Prize Japan Nationals. The Hult Prize is a year-long global startup program where students build businesses that create real social and environmental
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After a successful recycling training, the Route 360 Solutions Initiative team awarded 30 certificates to youth and women in the Cockle Bay Slum in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The award ceremony, which took place on the 7th April 2026, was graced by our COO, Alusine H. Bangura; Community Outreach and Engagement Lead, Sallieu B. Kamara; Business
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After two months of sensitization on plastic waste issues and personal protective equipment (PPE), the Building Climate Resilience in the Slums (BCRS) project team has successfully trained 30 youth and women in the Cockle Bay slum to recycle single-use plastic waste into ecobricks. During the training, the trainees were provided with PPE for safety purposes.
The Route 360 team recently met with the staff of the Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL). Our team was received with open arms at the agency’s head office in Wilberforce Village, Freetown. In attendance from our team were our COO (Alusine Hassan Bangura), Community Outreach and Engagement Lead (Salliue Barba Kamara), Recycling Educator (Santigie
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As plastic pollution increases in several slum communities in Sierra Leone, the BCRS project team, on 7th February 2026, sensitized locals in the Cockle Bay slum on plastic waste issues. Our goal was to let them know that plastic, if improperly managed post-use, can become a nuisance to humans, animals, society, and the environment, while
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With 83 youth and women in the Kroo Bay slum equipped with plastic waste collection and recycling training between August and November 2025, the Route 360 Solutions Initiative’s team, on 17th January 2026, kicked off the Building Climate Resilience in the Slums project in the Cockle Bay slum. The project Recycling Educator 2, Michael Williams,
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Route 360 Solutions Initiative won the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) 2026 Hult Prize in Japan, organized on 11th January 2026 at the APU Beppu City campus. Represented by Joseph Turay and Gifty D. M. Aggor, Route 360 competes with 18 teams of students from APU. Route 360 successfully competed in different phases of the
Joseph Turay is one of the 1,000 students and graduates from across Africa selected out of a pool of 10,000 applicants to participate in the 2026 Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. The 8-month program provides fellows with access to training resources, financial support, and mentors to improve their
On 1st and 15th November 2025, Route 360 Solutions Initiative, through the Building Climate Resilience in the Slums Project, trained 25 youth and women as recyclers in the Kroo Bay slum. During the training, they were equipped and supported with the right tools and resources to recycle single-use plastic waste into paving blocks. The first
