Politician Entry, Selection, and Performance Project in Sierra Leone

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1 Politician Entry, Selection, and Performance Project in Sierra Leone 2 nd PROGRESS REPORT Period covered: 1 st January to 15 th March 2018 Contacts: Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah Country Director, Sierra Leone jjsankaituah@sfcg.org Charline Burton Regional Program Manager West Africa cburton@sfcg.org

2 Table of content 1. Summary Activities implemented... 3 I. Five Meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the inter-debates... 3 II. Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create additional awareness and mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings... 5 III. Develop inter-party debate methodology and questions for the debates... 5 IV. Training of Facilitators and Moderators for Inter-Party Debates... 6 V. Develop and distribute messages promoting the debates/screenings and build networks and support from local leaders to support local mobilization of citizens VI. Mobilization of filming/editing equipment... 8 VII. Filming of debates... 8 VIII. Editing of the debates... 9 IX. Screening of debates Key challenges that the project faced that are worth noting for future consideration Key outcomes achieved under the project during the period Financial Reporting Results Operational Management and Outcome Plan of activities for the upcoming months Assessment of whether the deliverables will be issued in accordance with the project deadlines Appendices... 2 Appendix 1: Schedule for debate Screening... 3 Appendix 2: Debate Screening Schedule... 5 Appendix 3: sample photos of Public Screenings at Night

3 1. Summary This report comprises of activities that were implemented during the 1 st January to 15 th March 2018 period, in fulfillment of the requirement in the Project Contract, signed in November Over that period, the following activities have been accomplished: 5 meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the inter-party debates; Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create additional awareness and mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings; Training of 4 facilitators and 5 moderators for Inter-Party Debates; Development and distribution of 2 messages promoting the debates/screenings and building networks and support from local leaders to support local mobilization of citizens; Develop debate methodology and questions for the debate; One planning meeting with debate moderators; Mobilisation of filming/editing equipment; 45 debates filmed in 45 constituencies with 159 candidates from 12 political parties; 94 debates screened in 94 locations with a minimum of 32,550 people in attendance. 2. Activities implemented This section of the report provides a detailed overview of the activities implemented during the reporting period. I. Five Meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the interdebates Five formal meetings were held at Search s office among partners that focused mainly on planning for the inter-party debates, several other informal meetings between the Project Officer of Search and one representatives from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and or International Growth Centre (IGC) to agree on implementation strategies, troubleshooting and actions that facilitate successful implementation of activities before the elections day. Everything needed for the successful implementation of the debates in February and March were planned in the meetings held in January. Table 1: Summary of Search - IPA meetings held # Date 1 17 th January rd January th January th January st January th February

4 On the 17 th January 2018, a meeting called at Search s office in Tengbeh Town was attended by Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah, Sierra Leone Country Director at Search, Emrys Savage, Media Coordinator of Search, Niccolo Meriggi, Debate Project Officer, Abu Bakarr and Alhassan George, International Growth Centre, and Chiara Amato and Arthur Baker, Innovations for Poverty Action. Lessons learnt from the intra-party debates, among other issues, were shared with partners and suggestions were made for lessons that had negative impact to the project. These lessons are listed below: Increase the information available to the public about the purpose of the debates in advance of debate shooting and screening To conduct the survey before intra-party debates with party aspirants, which took longer than expected. It is agreed that IPA will find a way to reduce the interview time. It is highlighted that the Debate Management Team at Search was effective in managing the affairs of the project and therefore should retain the same for the interparty activities to promote ownership. To increase the presence of security and the timeline for the conduct of the inter-party debates, which is very pertinent to the meeting. By the close of the meeting, it was agreed that the following be achieved before 26 th January 2018: o Create a targeted constituency list, to be done by IGC o Write letters to the political parties, to be done by IGC o Produce jingles, to be done by Search after the Constituency list is out o Finalize debates filming schedule, to be done by Search Search also held meetings on the 23 rd, 25 th, 29 th and 31 st January The frequency of the meetings tells the seriousness of partners toward the success of the projects. In one of such meetings, partners agreed to start the debates with 30 constituencies while 15 to be handled as debates on demand from the candidates. We also agreed in one of the meetings that candidates should be filmed in one location within the constituency, and all candidates must be in attendance. The caveat there was that, should one candidate, from either APC or SLPP, not be present; the filming crew should wait for him/her up to a period of hours, a day or two depending on the location of the campaign engagements. One very important meeting was summoned by the Country Director of Search on the 18 th February 2018 at the Search Conference room to troubleshoot issues of poor attendance at the Screening events in the field. Two screenings were done in different location in each constituency, one of which the IPA data collectors would take note of every events that unfolded during the process of the screening. However, because the Researchers were too quick to send photos of the screening to show the attendance, IPA country office officials were concern and made their points through the debate management Social Media group which led to a meeting to address the reasons for poor attendance at the start of the screening and to proffer new community mobilization methods to mitigate the problem. 4

5 II. Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create additional awareness and mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings Four teams were dispatched into the field to cover the four regions in Sierra Leone, where the debates would be held, prior to the inception of the inter party debates. This activity was undertaken on the 24 th to 26 th January 2018, to ensure that stakeholders in the selected 45 constituencies are aware of the project, the intent and purpose, start and end dates. This visit was intended to recruit local mobilizers who understood the terrain and were rooted in the constituencies. A screening facilitator, who speaks the local lingua franca of the people, is needed to facilitate the conversation in a way that enables all those in the screening hall to understand the discussion between the candidates. The visit was also intended to orientate the Community Mobilizers in advance of the screenings in order to avoid the issue of low turnout for the screening. The outcome of the team s visit included: 45 mobilisers (11 women and 28 men) recruited and oriented toward the debate 45 lingua franca interpreters (6 women and 39 men) recruited and orientated 90 video screening centers identified by the Community Mobilizers III. Develop inter-party debate methodology and questions for the debates The goal of the project is to Contribute to better governance of constituencies through citizens participation in the electoral processes in Sierra Leone. To achieve this, voters must be better informed of their candidate s policy plans in targeted constituencies and citizens should be able to influence party candidates selection in their constituencies. For this purpose, Search in consultations with IPA and IGC targeted 50 intra-party and 45 interparty debates in randomly identified locations across the country. As stated among others in the previous report, the implementation strategy for the intra-party debate was altered to suit the survey aspect of the project, extending the number of days the debates screening teams spent in the field from 10 to 30 days. For the inter-party debate process, the survey was initially planned to come after the elections but as planning went on in several meetings with IPA and IGC, the survey interview strategy was changed to take place during the screening phase, which altered Search s implementation strategy. Another change in the survey that affected the implementation methodology was when the filming teams had to wait for the two main parties, APC and SLPP, in each constituency so that the effect of their presence in the debate will be felt in the IPA survey. It became an issue because this was not in the original implementation plan in the project document. By 25 th January 2018, questions for the debates were developed by IGC and shared with partners for review and feedback. The Debate Moderators were also given the opportunity to review the questions and adjust them along the lines of the contextual issues in Sierra Leone based on their understanding. The final set of questions for the inter-party debates was divided into segments for easy reference for the moderators. They included: 5

6 The introduction, where candidates would have to give a brief background about themselves and say what qualifies them to be a Member of Parliament; The National Policy area, where candidates were expected to respond to questions of priority issues and the Constituency Facilitation Fund, done by CFF; The optional area that allows the candidates to answer questions either on education, health, corruption, youth or agriculture, etc. Questions that are specific to the district in which the constituency is located. IV. Training of Facilitators and Moderators for Inter-Party Debates One-day refresher training for moderators and facilitators who had been part of the intra-party primaries debates was conducted on 5 th February 2018 at Search s Jamboria Drive Office. In the training, key lessons from the intra-party debates were shared to increase the learning and agree together how to use those lessons to improve the Inter-party debate moderation and facilitation. There were 10 moderators (4 female and 6 male) and 5 male facilitators. Yuen Ho and Chiara Amato, of IPA attended the training and provided useful background information about the research components of the project and the relationship between the screening team and the research team. IPA took some time to drill all participants through the debates script including the questions and the approach to administer it during the debates. Moderators were given the time contextualize the questions and reflect on their previous experience with the intra-party debate in line with issues that prevail in the districts or constituencies. At the end of the refresher training, moderators were placed into teams for the debates to facilitate coordination and planning of their schedule, as most of them were full time employees of their institutions. V. Develop and distribute messages promoting the debates/screenings and build networks and support from local leaders to support local mobilization of citizens. Between January and February 2018 when the debates filming and screenings were at the peak of implementation, there was intense use of the social media to distribute messages to citizens about the inter-party debates and screening in some selected communities around the country. The Debate Project Officer, in collaboration with the Media and Technical Unit of Search, developed and disseminated parliamentary debates and screening messages through WhatsApp and Facebook before and during the intra-party primaries debates and before and during the Inter-party debates and screenings. Search s Frontline SMS software was also used to send mass messages to citizens about the debates. This exercise was also complement by IPA and IGC who had access to the cell contacts of all registered voters in the constituencies where the screenings were targeted; few hours before the screening time, all registered voters who have cell contacts that function would receive 6

7 an SMS inviting them to attend the screening. This largely helped in the mobilization of constituent to the screening venues. These social media platforms were used as: Platforms to enhance the understanding of social media users about the importance of debates amongst and between candidates Forum to publicize the dates and venues of the conduct of debates and screening in specified Voter Registration Centers in the constituencies. Forum to disseminate messages to Community Mobilizers, Screening Facilitators, constituency Stakeholders and Party executives To collect important data about party executives contacts, venues and availability of some candidates To facilitate coordination and information sharing between and amongst implementing partners and teams in the field In addition to the above usage of social media, there were discussions on Facebook pages and WhatsApp groups about the debates. From the discussions on Facebook and WhatsApp, citizens thoughts and perspectives of debates before elections came out as listed below: People have fixed mindset in relation to the political set up in the country; they believe that the debate would not change voting by region, race, or tribe Some contributors believe that if the debates could have a nationalistic outlook and be made a statutory event in the electioneering cycle, then the impact would be greater From another angle, some thought that having debates in Political Parties primary election or selection for party symbol should have more impact than the inter-party debates Other schools of thought held the view that debates will upgrade our democracy and will eventually change people s perception on regional or tribal allegiance to vote representative into governance The debate was perceived by some as a novelty that can bring a change to the country s democracy The M&E Unit of Search facilitates discussions on topics related to the debate and provided the forum for comments. The Debates Project Officer who moderated most of the discussions around the Intra- and Inter-party debates then respond to those comments. Search s radio station partners across the constituencies were encouraged to discuss the debate on their radio stations. A few of the radio partners reached out to Search s Country Director seeking partnership to facilitate on radio debate in the location between candidates of different political parties. This request has implication for the research component of the debate led by IPA therefore Search did not encourage any such collaboration or partnership. In addition, Search s relationship with the Independent Radio Network partners was used to disseminate jingles ahead of the Intraparty and Inter-party debates in constituencies where the project was being implemented. 7

8 VI. Mobilization of filming/editing equipment Search purchased two cameras and rented three cameras to support the five debate filming teams IPA put in place additional SD cards to support the filming teams in the field with extra space to store materials and time to film candidates who were difficult to locate for the first set of filming. Two Computers and one DVD label printer were also purchased and brought in to facilitate the work 500 hundred printable DVDs were purchased ahead of the editing. Five sets of projectors and screens were also put in place before the screenings together with PA systems to support citizen s mobilization and efficiency sound for the public during screening. Rented vehicles were mobilized in advance as political parties were also hiring vehicles for campaign. In some cases, vehicles belonging to individuals were hired to fill the gap created due to high vehicle demand during the peak of the political campaign. VII. Filming of debates Search had five debate filming teams with five cameras. The filming teams included the Cameramen, Moderators, and the Soundmen. These teams were dispatched on the 7 th February 2018 to shoot 45 debates in 45 constituencies in Kenema, Kailahun, Kono in the eastern region; Bo, Pujehun, Bonthe, Moyamba in the south; Kambia, Portloko, Karene in the Northwest and Koinadugu, Tonkolili, Bombali in the North. A total of 12 political parties participated in the debates 159 candidates represented these political parties, with Sierra Leone People s Party SLPP and the All People s Congress APC having 33 representative each. This shows that the SLPP would participate only when they know that APC would be in the panel and visi-vasa. We also had the Coalition for Change C4C, the Alliance Democratic Party ADP, the National Grand Coalition - NGC and the Citizens Democratic party CDP, forming the six major parties that participated in the project. The NGC had 21 candidates, ADP 20, CDP 20 while other parties put together had 32 representatives in the debates. For details of parties that participated in the debates please see the matrix as an annex to this report. At the time of the filming, it was not difficult to secure the committee of candidates from SLPP or APC to our schedule because of their very busy campaign schedules in areas with no telephone coverage. These two political parties were most significant to the survey as well as to the overall success of the project. They are the two largest parties with significant following. On several occasions, we had to delay in some constituencies for hours or even a day to have candidates from these parties to participate. This also led to the extension of the number of days that each debate team had to spend in the field. This extension also has budgetary implications. In most cases, candidates were filmed separately not because of political differences but because the candidates would be so busy that the filming teams would film the available candidates in one location and move to another location where they would access the other candidate to be filmed. 8

9 Regarding candidates representing their parties, we have to agree that parliamentary debate is a new idea and most of the other parties besides the APC and SLPP do not have representatives in all the 132 constituencies across the country, but the interest shown so far is a clear indication that in subsequent elections, the voters as well as the candidates would want to see and be part of a debate. Most of the candidates and the few educated voters perceived the debates as the best means to select aspirants for symbol and Parliamentary candidates. VIII. Editing of the debates A three-man editing team headed by Search s Media Coordinator was set up to edit and burn DVDs and facilitate distribution to the field for screening. At the studio, the Media Coordinator and his team had a delay while waiting on candidates who were not filmed in the field due to their busy schedules to come to Search s office for firming. This activity is so technical that we had to outsource experts in video editing to assist the existing set up we had at Search. The DVDs were produced on a daily basis as and when is complete to support the Screening teams in the field so that no day would go by without an event in the field. To ensure that there is no delay and promote efficiency, Search and partners agreed to have two sets of people conveying materials on SD cards from the Filming teams to the studio at Search and another team that take completed DVDs from the studio to the Screening teams. These transporters of footages and DVDs oscillated between the studio Editing team and the Screening and Filming teams, ensuring they meet the field teams wherever they would be found at that moment. To merge footages of the same background but with different time and location was very difficult, especially when the candidate would only be available the next day when the moderator is in another attire, affecting the continuity, the shade and the contrast of the end video. Nevertheless, the editors were professional enough to ensure that the best video came out with little or no suspicions of a cut and join video footage. IX. Screening of debates 5 teams did 84 screening and the Supplementary team did 10, total is 94 Search had 5 screening teams that had 16 screenings each, with 1 auxiliary team setup by IPA and Search, to screen 5 debates that were delayed by either of the two main political party candidates. The screening teams comprised a lead facilitator and technical person with 1 IPA enumerator. In order to have all the activities done with the available time left before the elections, screening started on the 15 th February 2018 while the filming crews were still shooting some debates. Each team screened 16 debates amounting to 80 screenings while two teams did extra two screenings and the IPA supplementary team did 10 screenings. In all, 94 screenings were done in 45 constituencies about the original 90 screenings budgeted. Knowing that screening could not go on without the footage from the debates that are to be edited before screening, Search and its partners developed a field operation strategy that was used to keep the filming and screening teams uninterrupted as time was of the essence. Ten individuals from 9

10 IPA worked closely with Search s editing, filming and screening teams to act as transporters. Each filming team was assigned one person to move with SD cards from the field to the video editors at Search s Tengbeh Office, while another set of 5 persons were responsible to transport the edited debates in DVDs to the screening teams. This arrangement facilitated more efficient work. In cases where candidates were filmed separately during the debates and the editing team combined the two footages to be one, there were instances where candidates wanted to stop the screenings because to them it is impossible to have somebody who was not of a debate that had few participants and when it came out of the editing studio a party that was absent has a representatives. Due to the innovation in piecing together the footages, Some candidates thought Search and IPA were in support of their opponents. Fig 1: illustration on the field coordination Filming teams SD Cards Conveyors Editing DVDs Conveyors Screening Studio teams 3. Key challenges that the project faced that are worth noting for future consideration In this period of the project, implementation issues were identified that constrained the smooth running of certain activities: The unavailability of the best set journalists who were trained to moderate during the peak of debate. This was largely due to demand on their time to moderate other election related programmes at their institutions Getting the targeted constituency lists from the National Electoral Commission on time Meeting with the Secretary Generals of the two main political parties, SLPP and APC, to have their consent for the inter-party debates, even after letters were sent to them. The Political Parties to accept journalists who would moderate the debates because there were questions of credibility and neutrality. This issue was anticipated in advance and the mitigation was to send the list of moderators to the parties so that they can vet the moderators in advance. Getting some candidates of the two main political parties to attend the debates was a challenge in some cases as many were busy with campaigning and other party responsibilities or were hesitant to participate despite instructions from their party hierarchy. 10

11 In some instances, one political party representative would not participate in the debate because the sessions were done in the lingua franca Krio arguing that English language is used in Parliament. The filming teams would spend hours to convince that candidates to accept for the debate to be Krio. Communication about the survey strategy was limited at the beginning which affected the role out of the field activities thereby causing change in the implementation plan. One of Search s screening teams was involved in road accident when returning from a screening. This unfortunate incident happened on the 3 rd March 2018, with 4 people onboarding the vehicle who sustained various injuries. There condition has since improved. 11

12 4. Key outcomes achieved under the project during the period Between 1 January and 15 March 2018, a lot of actions took place for which the following outcomes were achieved: EMBs and at least 12 key political parties consented to participated in the debate and cooperated with the full execution of the project Political candidates and Parties executive at the local levels were mobilized for the debates Public information about the debate disseminated on social and mainstream media Adequate filming, editing and screening equipment were mobilized include some brought into the Country (Cameras, Projectors and Screens, DVD burner, DVD label printer and the DVDs) 45 constituencies were mobilized and prepared for debate filming after parliamentary candidates had given their consent to participate in the debates. Refresher training for ten (10) Journalists - 4 female and 6 males in debate moderation and facilitation Debate questions were developed and finalized with all partners and moderators MOU signed with moderators with 5 moderators, 5 Soundmen and 3 Cameramen. MOUs signed with partner radio stations for the airing of the audio versions of the interparty debates. MOUs signed for screening with 4 Lead Facilitators and 5 Technical Persons. 45 Community/Constituency Mobilizers 11 female and 34 males were identified and recruited to support community mobilization and participation in the debate. 45 Lingua Franca translators recruited 6 females and 39 males to ensure improve understanding of the issues discussed in the debates Outcomes of the Filming, Editing and Screening: 45 debates filmed in 45 constituencies 159 Political party parliamentary candidates participated the debates 94 screenings achieved Over 32,000 residents in communities participate in the screening of the videos 12

13 Table 2: Matrix of political parties and their representations in the Debates

14 5. Financial Reporting Results Please see the financial reports in a separate document 6. Operational Management and Outcome This project is implemented by Search for Common Ground, in partnership with Innovations Poverty Action and International Growth Center, with clearly defined partners roles and responsibilities. To achieve the target of the project, partners agreed to make Search s office as the hub for operations where IGC and IPA staff would station to make calls to political parties and candidates, impressing on them to part take in the debates as well coordinate on critical decision making. The Hub was also used to regroup for quick decision making on issues in the field that needed stakeholders attention. For example, we regroup at one point to talk about low turnout for screenings. It was agreed that the screening team reinforces the efforts of the community mobilizers by going into the screening location early and use the PA system to increase information about the screening. It was also agreed that IPA and Search team increase their engagement at the field. The existing of the WhatsApp Debate Management Central Control Structure used to manage the field for the intra party primary debates was not dissolved but built upon and further strengthened by bringing in key decision maker to facilitate inclusive decision making about the project. For example, most of the decision makers who travelled outside the Country could contribute to decision within the group on important matters. This facilitated the bringing-in of additional SD cards to support the debate filming teams. Despite all the efforts, getting parliamentary candidate s full participation warranted members of this management to meet party executives at National levels at their party offices repeatedly to impress on them for their party s participation. This does not mean that they were not interested but because Debate of this nature is still evolving. It would take the next elections after testing debates in bye-election for parties to begin demanding debate as a way of boosting their chances of winning 7. Plan of activities for the upcoming months The table below presents the plan of activities for the next months with proposal time frame for completion of each separate activity.

15 Table 3: Upcoming activities Activity Proposed timeframe Responsible Person/Group Post Field activities meeting with Partners 16 th March 2018 Project Officer IPA, IGC, Screening Facilitators and Moderators Gather and complete all Field Report with 21 st March 2018 Project Officer Deliverables from Facilitators Follow up on Facebook and WhatsApp to 16 th March 2018 Project Officer assess contribution from members towards the outcomes of Debates and Screenings Submission of 4 th Tranche Report 31 st March 2018 Project Officer and Country Director Submission of final Report 15 th April 2018 Project Officer and Country Director 8. Assessment of whether the deliverables will be issued in accordance with the project deadlines. Search for Common Ground commits to notify IPA promptly if the agreed project timeline is under any level of threat beyond control. Attached to this report are deliverables to be reviewed. 1. Field Report with Feedbacks for 19 Debates 2. Signed Memorandum of Understanding with partners (Screening Teams and the Debate filming teams including the Moderators 3. Minutes of meetings with Partners 4. Debate Questions for Inter-party debates 5. Attendance list of Community Mobilizers and Lingua Franca Facilitators. 9. Appendices 2

16 Appendix 1: Schedule for debate Screening Debates Filming S N Crew Composition Designation/Tel Diamond Gold Rutile Date for Debate Debates Locations Cons No Cameraman/ , Feb Bo Fouad Kargbo Zachius Leomie Sound Technician/ 8-Feb Bo Willie Sylvanus Collier Patrick Conteh Ibrahim Bangura Moderator/ Feb Bo 10-Feb-18 Travel to edit 11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot 12-Feb Bo District 13-Feb Pujehun 14-Feb Pujehun 15-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 17-Feb Pujehun 18-Feb Moyamba 19-Feb-18 1 Kailahun Moderator / Feb Bombali Cameraman/ , Feb Bombali Bolo Sound Technician/ 9-Feb Kono 10-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 12-Feb Kono 13-Feb Kono 14-Feb Tonkolili 15-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 17-Feb Tonkolili Koinadugu/Kab 18-Feb ala 19-Feb-18 3 Kailahun Moderator/ 079 Patricia Conteh Feb-18 6 Kailahun Cameraman/ George Lewis Feb-18 9 Kailahun Mohamed Kamara Sound Technician/ 9-Feb Kailahun 10-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 12-Feb Kenema 3

17 4 5 Bauxite Ore 13-Feb Kenema 14-Feb Kenema 15-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 17-Feb Bonthe 18-Feb-18 4 Kailahun 19-Feb-18 8 Kailahun Moderator/ 076 Stom Koroma Feb Kambia Abdul Rahman Jalloh Camera/ Feb Karene Abdul Aziz Sound Technician/ 9-Feb Port Loko 10-Feb-18 Travel to edit 11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot 12-Feb Port Loko 13-Feb Port Loko 14-Feb Kambia 15-Feb-18 Travel to edit 16-Feb Karene 17-Feb Western Rural 18-Feb Bo 19-Feb-18 Team Lead/ 076 Emrys Savage Feb Western Rural Moderator/078 Martha Kargbo Feb Western Urban Ibrahim Koroma Sound Technician/ 9-Feb Western Urban 10-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 12-Feb Western Urban 13-Feb Western Urban 14-Feb Western Urban 15-Feb Feb-18 Travel to edit Travel to shoot 17-Feb Western Rural 18-Feb Western Rural 19-Feb Western Urban 4

18 Appendix 2: Debate Screening Schedule Debates Screening Composition Designation/Tel Date for Screening Cons No District Abu Bakarr Mansaray Team Lead/ Feb Bo Mohamed Kabia Technical / Feb Bo 19-Feb Bo 21-Feb Bo 23-Feb Pujehun 25-Feb Pujehun 27-Feb Pujehun 1-Mar-18 3-Mar-18 Moses Sesay Team Lead/ Feb Bombali Andrew Lasana Conteh Technical Feb Bombali 19-Feb Kono 21-Feb Kono 23-Feb Kono 25-Feb Tonkolili 27-Feb-18 1-Mar-18 3-Mar-18 Tommy Macarthy Team Lead/ Feb-18 6 Kailahun John Bosco Massaquoi Feb-18 9 Kailahun 19-Feb Kailahun 21-Feb Kenema 23-Feb Kenema 25-Feb Kenema 27-Feb-18 1-Mar-18 3-Mar-18 James Bull Team Lead/ Feb Kambia Mohamed AW Massaquoi Technical/ Feb Karene 19-Feb Port Loko 21-Feb Port Loko 23-Feb Port Loko 25-Feb Feb-18 1-Mar-18 Alfred Sankoh Team Lead/ Feb Western Rural 5

19 Mohamed Lamin Kanneh Technical Feb Western Urban Ishmael Kamara 19-Feb Western Urban 21-Feb Western Urban 23-Feb Western Urban 25-Feb Western Urban 27-Feb-18 1-Mar-18 3-Mar-18 6

20 Appendix 3: sample photos of Public Screenings at Night 7