By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – A workshop aimed at providing a clear understanding of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) requirements for conducting assessment at Ebola Treatment Units and Community Care Centers has ended in Bong County, central Liberia. The workshop is also aimed at developing the capacity of WASH Team at the sub regional level in support to the fight against the Ebola outbreak. The workshop held on under the theme “Building Capacity-Building of Integrated WASH/Assessment & Monitoring Team (IWAMT)”. It brought together local WASH coordinators from Liberia’s 15 political sub divisions, Environmental Health Technicians, and UNICEF representatives amongst... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – Dozens of die-hard African literature aficionados and book lovers thronged into Sheppard Hall at City College New York (CCNY) in Harlem Thursday for Zimbabwean author, No Violet Bulawayo’s lecture at the conclusion of the Fall 2014 Chinua Achebe Legacy Series. The lecture series presented by the Black Studies Program and launched in September this year was created to pay tribute to the late Mr. Achebe, a Nigerian academic, critic, writer and a former visiting professor at City College, said Dr. Cheryl Sterling – director of the Black Studies Program, and a Professor in the English Department... Continue Reading
Gwanda, Matebeleland South, December 10, 2014. To improve nutrition and support rural households in Matabeleland North and South, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing fortified supplementary food to pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of two years. This year alone, USAID has distributed 220 metric tons of supplementary food to 17,000 mothers and children, which is distributed through 56 rural clinics in the two provinces. Through this Food for Peace Program implemented by CNFA, called Amalima, mothers and caregivers receive training and support in child care, feeding and hygiene practices. The program applies a... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – A workshop aimed at providing basic awareness on the spread and prevention of the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia has been held in Lower Bong County by the Action by Churches Together (ACT-Alliance) Liberia Forum. The workshop was held in Mawa, Handii and Bong Mines respectively, Fuamah District in Bong County. Providing an overview of the workshop, ACT-Alliance Liberia Forum Emergency Focal Person, Vandi Kallon said his organization saw it necessary to carry on a vigorous Ebola Awareness Training amongst the citizens of Liberia, especially areas that were hard hit by the virus. Mr. Kallon... Continue Reading
President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 18th November received members of the Aurora Foundation at State House Freetown. The foundation is both a humanitarian and investment organization from Iceland that supports development programmes, education of young girls and socio economic operations that will create the utmost impact in the lives of the beneficiaries. President Koroma expressed profound delight for their involvement in supporting development efforts particularly in health and education. He stated that their involvement in the fisheries sector will enable the locals in the fisheries sector to utilize the methods saying that it is a way forward and a... Continue Reading
