Sierra Leone’s President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and family spent this year’s Christmas celebrations mingling with the people of Port Loko district. Every year, President Koroma and family would spend their Christmas holiday in Makeni, the city of his birth. But this time round, he decided to grace the people of Port Loko with his presence. The president’s convoy left Freetown on Tuesday 24th December for Port Loko through Lungi, Lokomasama and Port Loko town. President Koroma, first lady Sia Nyama, daughters Alice and Dankay, and a coterie of Presidential staffers arrived in Port Loko town where they were greeted... Continue Reading
…..Adds Agriculture to Water, Sanitation Project – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network –Higher Ground International (HGI), a U.S-Liberian based Non Governmental Organization has again assured residents of the city of Arthington of its commitment to continue efforts aimed at improving the lives of the people. HGI is currently operating in Arthington in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, and has added Agriculture as an Economic Empowerment Program starting 2014. The Organization in 2012 provided the first hand pump and latrine facilities since the establishment of Arthington in 1822. The Program, through Higher Ground International-Liberia’s Office seeks to build the... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The poor disposal of garbage in and around Monrovia by the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) and the Paynesville City Corporation (PCC) including the two garbage collection companies, N. C. Sanitors and Zoom-lion remains a serious challenge and a nightmare for residents of the two cities. Huge piles of garbage are seen especially in public places, along major streets and market sites, “a situation considered embarrassing during this festive season”. Garbage which is produced by people from their waste products, if not properly handled and carefully disposed can result to the outbreak of pandemic that... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers from Liberia – Journalists working for print and electronic media institutions across Sierra Leone have established a National Media Network on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The Group is known as the WASH MEDIA Network–Sierra Leone. The establishment of the WASH Media Network–Sierra Leone came as a result of consultations held with stakeholders during a Social Accountability Training on WASH for Civil Society Organizations in Bo City at the J&E Resort in 2013. The stakeholder’s consultations which also brought together journalists from print and electronic media institutions nationwide, under pinned the importance of journalists to play... Continue Reading
The Liberia CSOs Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Network with support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), has ended a two-day Civil Society..
