LIBERIA: World Toilet Day 2014 Celebrated
November 19 of each year is observed as World Toilet Day globally. The celebration of the Day is aimed at highlighting the sanitation menace millions of.....
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LIBERIA: World Toilet Day 2014
17,800 child deaths in Liberia since 2000 due to lack of toilets – Today 36 prominent international health and development experts including representatives from WaterAid…, AMREF Health Africa, the World Medical Association and others have called for an end to a crisis that has claimed the lives of over 10 million children under the age of five since the year 2000, with over 17,800 having died over this period in Liberia also contributing to this figure[1]. In an open letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, the signatories highlight the desperate waste of life caused by... Continue Reading
LIBERIA: Act-Alliance Liberia Forum Buttresses GOL Efforts
…….Donates to ETU, Ebola Affected Communities – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – A faith based organization, Action by Churches Together (ACT-Alliance) has presented several food and non-food items to Ebola affected communities in Grand Cape Mount and Bong counties. Communities benefitting from the donation In Grand Cape Mount County include Tiennie , Bo Waterside and Jenewonde a town hard hit by the virus, including the County Health Team based in Sinje and Mawa in Fuamah District, Lower Bong County. Presenting the items over the weekend on Behalf of ACT-Alliance Liberia Forum, the Executive Director of the Lutheran Development Service... Continue Reading
LIBERIA: CODES Completes Irish Aid Project in Cape Mount
….WASH Consortium, WaterAid Commanded – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The Community Development Services(CODES), a local non-governmental organization in Liberia has completed its part of a 1.5 Million Euro Irish Aid’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH) Project in two Districts in Grand Cape Mount County. The Project aimed at providing equitable and sustainable access to improved WASH services, is currently benefiting about 10,000 residents of Gola Konneh and Tewor Districts. The Project was successfully implemented by WaterAid, a Member of the Liberia WASH Consortium. As part of the Project, 15 Communities benefited from newly constructed and rehabilitated hand pumps, latrine... Continue Reading
LIBERIA: Rep. Youngblood Commends WaterAid for WASH Services in her District
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Montserrado County District Number Nine Representative, Munah Pelham-Youngblood, has lavished praises on the British based Charity, WaterAid for its intervention in her District. The charity has constructed Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in District # 9 for the use of the disabled in the area. The Disabled Friendly Latrine constructed by WaterAid, serves as a relieve for persons with disabilities who usually experience difficulties in accessing public toilets. Rep. Youngblood noted that the provision of toilet facility by WaterAid for the use of the disabled in her District has brought about dignity amongst... Continue Reading