UBI for Artists

Sierra Leone12 recipients

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Finances

Sent to recipients to date

SLE77,169,000

Total program costs

SLE77,197,800

Available credits

SLE -312,458.56

About this program

Making art is hard when you're struggling to get by. Social Income gives a small group of artists in Sierra Leone a monthly cash transfer — unconditional, no strings attached — so they can keep their practice alive while navigating economic precarity.

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Social Income SL 🇸🇱
Local Program Owner
Social Income SL
Program Operator
Social Income SL 🇸🇱
Duration
36 months
Start date
March 13, 2020

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone sits on the West African coast, home to around 8.6 million people speaking Krio as the common language alongside English. Founded in 1787 as a settlement for formerly enslaved people, it gained independence in 1961, then endured a decade-long civil war ending in 2002 and the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Today most Sierra Leoneans live on less than three dollars a day.
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12

Completed surveys

40

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