By: WASH R&E – The Executive Director of the Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS), Mr. Joseph S. Binda is urging Liberian students to exhibit several virtues in order to be productive in life. Mr. Binda among other things, called on students to be positive in their thoughts regardless of their situation, expect more of their self, be patient, be humble, be prayerful, be consistent, be obedient to the Golden Rule, be creative and never envy anyone. The LDS Executive Director was speaking over the weekend in Salala, Bong County, when he served as Key Note Speaker at the graduation... Continue Reading
Children from the fifteen sub-political divisions of the country have advanced several recommendations to members of the National Legislature aimed
By Elias Mhegera – TANZANIA has been cited as one of the most transparent countries in the East African Community(EAC), when it comes to the freedom of the media, according to the study conducted recently. This study, presented to Human Rights Defenders, was based on a qualitative analysis which wanted to identify the matters of priority which civil society should deal with, in the East African Community. The results were discussed during the weeklong capacity building and advocacy training by human rights defenders from the five countries of the EAC namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, which was conducted... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E – In a bid to buttress the Government of Liberia, Stake holders, Civil Society and development partners’ efforts in providing safe drinking water for the citizenry , the Liberty Investment Company, producer of Aqua Life, has commenced the process of drilling bole holes and the construction of hand pumps in and around Monrovia for impoverished communities in the country. At the launch of the program over the Weekend, the General Manager of the company, Mr. Polinus Kofi said the provision of safe drinking water is the entity’s way of identifying with the Liberian government in its strive... Continue Reading
need not be the end of the road – A sixty-three year old Capetonian who once laboured to walk 50 metres in Newlands Forest after a heart bypass operation, has just returned from successfully climbing up to Mount Everest Base Camp. Having suffered from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 27 years, Tim O’Hagan climbed to the iconic 8,848 metre-high mountain’s base camp to help raise awareness about the devastating effects of autoimmune diseases like arthritis, and to show that these diseases and coronary artery disease are not the end of the road. Autoimmune diseases (AIs) develop when the body’s immune system mistakes... Continue Reading
