…Stakeholders Ready to Fight Corruption in Water Sector – By: WASH R&E Network – The week-long Regional Water Integrity Capacity building Training Program in Sub-Saharan Africa has ended in the Liberian Capital, Monrovia with stakeholders pledging their preparedness to fight corruption in the Water Sector. Conclusive issues among other things, stressed the need for the extensive dissemination of information on water integrity, operationalize sector policy, including providing coordination for water supply and sanitation activities. The participants pledged to ensuring best practices in how their respective governments funds are expended, advocate for governments adherence from state agencies and punishment for violators.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 20th 2013 |
By: WASH R&E Network – In an effort to ensure the Promotion of Water Integrity in Saharan Africa, a week long training of Stakeholders in the Water Sector has opened in Monrovia, bringing together participants from Liberia, Nigeria and the Gambia. The Regional Water Integrity Capacity Building Program in Sub-Saharan Africa is sponsored by the Water Integrity Network and ECOWAS’ Water Resource Coordination Center (WRC), among other international partners. A release from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia says, the Training is jointly organized by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and the Center of Transparency and Accountability in Liberia... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 7th 2013 |
By: WASH R&E Network – Residents of Monrovia and surroundings are not only troubled with the nightmare of stock piles of garbage in the city, but are also deeply inundated with the lack of better toilet and bathing facilities in their respective communities. Two of such communities are Clara Town and Samuel K. Doe Community, the densely populated areas on the bushrod Island and Somalia Drive respectively, closed to central Monrovia. The Samuel K. Doe and Clara Town Communities in Monrovia are Slum Communities experiencing poor sanitation problems. For Clara Town, it is experiencing latrine shortage, though the problem of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 29th 2013 |
Middle Island Resources Limited (MDI) and the Australian Government have constructed a school building comprising three (3) class rooms, a library, teacher’s lounge, storeroom, Principal’s office and modern toilet as an annex to the Gborho Jr. High School in Zai Town, and also renovated the Toe Memorial Institute in Toe Town, both in Grand Gedeh County. Middle Island Resources Limited (MDI), an ASX-listed company, listed on 16 December 2010, has gold exploration assets in Liberia. The Company has a stated policy commitment to contribute up to 5% of its exploration budget each year to social development initiatives within the communities... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, July 22nd 2013 |
….Sixty One Communities Free of Open Defecation – A total of sixty one communities in Bong, Lofa and Nimba counties have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) after a meticulous process conducted by the government of Liberia with support from the USAID-funded IWASH Project jointly implemented by CHF International and PSI. The IWASH Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Project Manager, Madam Elizabeth Geddeh said the government of Liberia, with support from IWASH, triggered one hundred twenty communities in February this year and that the sixty one communities are the first batch to achieve ODF, with the last celebration which took place... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, July 14th 2013 |
