.. Ebola, other diseases are key reminders of hand washing in Liberia – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Global Hand Washing Day was celebrated in Liberia under the theme; “Choose Hand Washing, Choose Health”. The celebration brought together residents, prominent individuals and partners of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector of Liberia. The spiralling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including Liberia is an important reminder of the crucial role played by good hygiene and hand washing in protecting human health, says international development charity WaterAid. Good hygiene and hand washing are critical in helping to prevent the transmission... Continue Reading
…Beneficiaries Commend Charity – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – A sanitation project initiated by a British based charity, Oxfam has made tremendous impact in the lives of beneficiaries in New Buchanan, Grand Bass County. Imagine a toilet that takes human waste and converts it into minerals for fertilizer and clean water, while harvesting energy in the process. The toilet doesn’t use water, doesn’t need expensive infrastructure of a sewerage system, doesn’t need to be connected to mains electricity and, unlike composting toilets, and doesn’t need lots of space and time. The Tiger Worms Project is a new innovation introduced... Continue Reading
…Strategizes on how to interrupt Ebola Transmission – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) cluster partners have conducted a two-day workshop in Monrovia aimed at designing county-level strategies to interrupt the spread of the Ebola virus. The two-day workshop, held under theme “Keep safe-Keep serving”, brought together both local and international WASH partners to discuss waste management, hygiene promotion and water provision, amongst other topics. Sheldon Yetts, UNICEF Country Representative, opening the workshop said: “Our gathering is all about partnership – the NGO community and the Liberian Government,” giving special mention to the County Health... Continue Reading
By Jaramenajara and Thullah Wise – A French expert in tropical diseases, Michel Gonza, has stated in an exclusive interview with Radio France International that Sierra Leone is in the right direction in the fight against Ebola taking into consideration the level of social mobilization, sensitization and the public response associated with the “Ose to Ose Ebola Tok Campaign” organized some few weeks back. The French expert in his analysis said that in neighbouring Guinea information is not accessible to people and that has adversely affected the activities of the volunteers to achieve their aims. The horrible hostilities against health... Continue Reading
…As Acting Country Director Pledges More Support – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Living Water International–LWI, an international charity operating in Liberia, has made an initial donation of preventive Ebola materials valued over five thousand United States Dollars to the WASH Ebola Away Strategy. The items included 100 cartoons of water guards, 130 cartoons of pop detergent soap, 120 cartoons of chlorine and 220 rubber faucet buckets. The preventive Ebola materials were presented to the “WASH Ebola Away Strategy” on Thursday as the Group extended its operations to three communities in Monrovia and environs following the official launch recently... Continue Reading
