Inhabitants of Buah and Forkpoh Districts in Grand Kru County have petitioned the local county authority and the Legislative Caucus to ensure that safe water, improved sanitation, and hygiene services are provided the two Districts. The citizens in their petition said they are tired of drinking from the creek and using the bushes for toilet purposes.
They noted that this poses threat to their survival, stressing the need for safe water and improved sanitation to be looked at critically in the County Development budget.
After five years of successful humanitarian services in Margibi County, Living Water International is expected to shortly end operations and is moving to other communities outside the county for similar mission.
Living Water International, a Christian Faith-based charity exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water, and to experience "living water"-the gospel of Jesus Christ-which alone satisfies the deepest thirst.
As the bid continues for a WASH sector governance structure in Liberia, a WASH Legislative Caucus Secretariat has been established at the National Legislature. It is aimed to buttress efforts of development partners and WASH CSOs in putting mechanism that will improve the sector.
The establishment of the secretariat is also intended to assist members of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Legislative Caucus in coordinating their WASH Legislative agenda.
Since the expiration of the Monrovia Emergency Urban Sanitation Project sponsored by the World Bank, the timely removal of garbage in Monrovia and its environs has become a major nightmare for residents in the capital and surroundings. Stockpiles of garbage can be seen all over the main streets thus causing serious health hazard for residents in the city.
The much publicized 4th WASH Joint Sector Review has taken place in the port city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, amidst disappointment and boycott of the 2-day event.
It appears that the path once thread by some government officials in the former Unity Party-led government for not attending functions relating to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) has resurfaced in the Coalition of Democratic Change-led government.
