By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – As the raining season starts in Liberia, people residing in slum communities especially in and around Monrovia are now worried because their respective communities stand the risk of been flooded or polluted mostly due to poor sanitary and drainage conditions. Many of these slum communities lack decent toilet facilities coupled with serious problems of waste management and the constant misuse of drainages thereby putting them at risk. Residents of these communities always experience serious health hazards during the heavy down pour of rain. One of such community is the Bong Mines Bridge Area/king Peters... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, May 28th 2014 |
By: WASH R&E “Media Network – WaterAid Programme Manager for Liberia and Sierra Leone, Chuchu Selma has addressed Members of the Liberian senate on behalf of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) International Organizations in Liberia. Mr. Selma spoke last Monday at the National Legislature during a WASH Public Hearing called by the Senate Committees on Public Corporations and Public Works & Rural Development to examine issues of water, sanitation and hygiene in Montserrado County in particular and Liberia in general. Below is the full text of the Presentation made by Mr. Selma on the topic: “International Organizations Support for Proper... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, May 15th 2014 |
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The Liberia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Consortium in partnership with the Liberian government and partners recently launched a 7.5 million British Pounds WASH Project. The DFID Swift Programme “Sustainable WASH in Fragile ConTexts” with support from the United Kingdom Aid (UKaid) through the Department for International Development, targets six rural counties of Liberia with the aim of providing equitable and sustainable access to improved water and sanitation services. The Project which targets two hundred forty six thousand one hundred (246,100) beneficiaries in Bong, Nimba, Lofa , Sinoe, Grand Bassa and rural Montserrado counties,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, May 12th 2014 |
Amidst gains that the Liberian Government says it has made in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector of the country, donors in the sector say ...
Publish Date: Saturday, May 3rd 2014 |
….. at International Summit – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Ministers from Liberia and nearly 50 other countries have pledged to strengthen efforts to bring water, basic toilets and hygiene to their people following the Sanitation and Water for All High-Level Meeting in Washington, DC, USA, recently. The meeting was opened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. “Achieving sanitation and water for all may not be cost-free – but it will set people free. Access to sanitation and water means a child free of disease, a woman free of the back-breaking chore... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 24th 2014 |
