A delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) traveled to Bong County to visit sites of the Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWASH) Project on January 14, 2014. IWASH is funded by USAID and has been working in Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties since 2010. The visiting delegation included Chris Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator, and other USAID representatives from both Washington D.C. and the Liberia Mission. They were accompanied by implementing partners, Global Communities and PSI in addition to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Mrs. Sekau Wiles, and the Bong County Health Officer. The purpose of the... Continue Reading
….As Government Assures WaterAid of Its Fullest Support – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – WaterAid “an international non-profit organization transforming lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation”, has ended its first Regional Strategic Management Meeting in the Liberian capital Monrovia to discuss WASH related issues involving health and the way forward in continuing its support to the WASH sector. The Meeting held under the theme: “WASH and Health-Reaching a Common Level of Understanding”, was attended by 45 delegates of WaterAid from the United States of America, Europe–mainly from the United Kingdom and several West African Countries.... Continue Reading
The Sierra Leone Media and Civil society have been urged to be fully engaged with Government and share responsibilities for the development of the country. President Ernest Bai Koroma made this appeal during discussions with the leaderships of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, the Veterans Journalists Union, Civil Society Organisations and the open Government Initiative, at State House in Freetown. Stressing that this critical sector of governance has a vital role to play in the government machinery, the President expressed firm commitment to continue engaging them in the formulation and implementation of policies. The rapid growth of the country’s... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – The Africa-America Institute (AAI), a New York based international education and policy organization dedicated to advancing higher education and professional development training for Africans, announced Monday it is embarking on a yearlong Speaker Series. According to an AAI media alert, The Speaker Series begins Thursday, January 30 with a panel discussion exploring the Challenges and economic potential of President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative in New York City and run through November 14 Washington, D.C. will include a Talent Summit in April and The State of Education in Africa annual conference in June. Four congressional events will... Continue Reading
…. Residents of New Georgia Township Extol Chair Lady, Others – By: Augustine N. Myers – Residents of the Town Center Community in New Georgia Township have successfully completed the rehabilitation of a one mile road which connects the Community to the rest of the Township of New Georgia and Monrovia. The Project is estimated at a little over ten thousand (10,000) United States dollars. Town Center Community established in 1823 (before Liberia gained Independence) is the oldest Settlement in the Township of New Georgia. The Community had been almost inaccessible due to appalling road condition. The bad road condition embarrassed... Continue Reading
