A pile of arranged bricks re-inforced by black plastic paper, cardboard boxes and wooden poles with randomly set metal for a roof is home to 59 year old Eunice Vhimbo, her husband Leonard (63) and their four grandchildren. Inside the tiny make-shift, are worn out blankets that are spread over a small mattress used for a bed, while a canvas tent spread across the room covers the dusty floor.
The Evangelical Congregational Church of Liberia (ECCOL) now has a New Bishop. He is Bishop G. Abraham Powell. He takes over from Bishop Matthew T. Gueh, who served the E.C. Church of Liberia for 17 years. The newly elected Bishop of the Evangelical Congregational Church of Liberia (ECCOL), Rev. G. Abraham Powell has promised robust reforms as a means of enhancing the spiritual and physical growth of the Church in Liberia.
Recently Tanzania’s President Dr John Magufuli ordered the closure of all private pharmacies around the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) on the pretext that they were overcharging patients whenever they buy medicines from such facilities. Already the construction of a Government controlled big pharmacy under the Medical Stores Department (MSD) has been completed. The prices are far below than those of private pharmacies which it is claimed that they belong to the same doctors within the MNH.
Living Water International remains proactive in efforts to ensure access to improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities for Liberians and foreign residents. Living Water Int’l-Liberia is working assiduously, bringing relief to hundreds of communities and institutions in-need of better or adequate WASH services. The Christian Charity has made a generous contribution to District #4 in Paynesville, Montserrado County by constructing several modern WASH facilities.
Internet safety and freedom of expression is something easily taken for granted; if an individual lives in a country wherein access to the web is comparatively open and protected it’s easy to forget that 75% (2.1 billion) of all internet users in the world (2.8 billion) live in the top 20 countries. The other 178 countries - each representing less than 1% of total users – are steadily increasing their web presence, but there are often questions of adequate online protection and security.