WaterAid Liberia, through its Transboundary Programme for Liberia & Sierra Leone, commissioned an Environmental, Social and Health Impact Scoping Study to understand the potential impacts of ongoing activities on sustainable access to WASH in key cross-border communities in Liberia.
The Environmental, Social and Health Impact Scoping Report focuses on Sustainability Appraisal for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services in 45 communities in selected Districts of Grand Cape Mount and Gbarpolu Counties, Western Liberia.
Over a protracted period of time, the issue relating to budget and funding has been a major challenge for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector of Liberia.
Several Civil Society WASH Advocacy Groups have over the years called on government to ensure increased budget allocation for WASH, something that is yet to fully happen and Advocacy is still ongoing.
The issue of the timely removal of garbage in the Paynesville area has become a serious challenge for marketers, community residents and even the Management of the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC).
Due to the prolong stay of garbage in the area, residents and marketers have become complaining about the health risk involved.
As part of its activities under WaterAid, WASH Reporters and Editors Network of Liberia has among other things been following the situation in the commercial district of Red Light and other areas in the municipality.
Residents of Slipway Community in Montserrado County have decried the poor sanitary condition of their community because of the lack of functional public toilets.
Slipway community is situated in central Monrovia, near the Mesurado river and the historic Providence Island, and that most of the residents are low income earners or jobless.
Slipway, with a population of over 25,000 inhabitants, often suffer the effects of a poor drainage system, flooding, garbage pollution and open defecation.
A Norton-based prophet has dismissed claims the story that was heard on National Fm recently were a woman aged 22 claimed to possess a big snake and was seeking help from ‘robed prophets’ popularly known as ‘madzibaba’ here .
Prophet Brighton Chikomo who heads Bright Light Prophetic ministries says people should not be hoodwinked by the ‘fake prophets’ who are feeling the heat because most people are now flocking to Pentecostal churches for deliverance.
