Yvonne Aki Sawyer, the Mayor of Freetown City Council has won this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayors Challenge award alongside 14 other mayors. The Bloomberg Global Mayors Challenge is an annual competition that supports and spreads ‘ the most promising ideas of different cities. Congratulations to Mayor of Freetown @yakisawyerr who secured @BloombergDotOrg’s $1 million #MayorsChallenge award for her city, competing amongst more than 600 applicants. According to a social media post by Yvonne Aki Sawyer, this award is in recognition of Freetown’s ambition and inventiveness to sustainably finance the growth of trees in the city. #Freetown awarded $1m over three years through @BloombergDotOrg Philanthropies’ Global #MayorsChallenge out of >600 city applicants.