Organization Overview

In 1977, the town of Bo became the first SLOIC training site in Sierra Leone. A year later, SLOIC began offering business development training in the capital, Freetown, and SLOIC soon headquartered itself in the city. With the need for skills training services apparent, SLOIC expanded its training locations throughout the 1980s. Although SLOIC’s skills training services were greatly affected during the civil war of the 1990s, SLOIC has remained operational, and has subsequently transitioned to offering resettlement services and trauma counseling for those affected by the conflict. Currently, SLOIC is combining post-conflict rehabilitation programs with skills development training to assist the nation’s rebuilding efforts.