Liberia

LIBERIA: LDS, Lutheran Church End Joint Monitoring Visit to Nimba

By: Augustine N. Myers – The Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS) and the Lutheran Church Trauma Healing & Reconciliation Program have completed a joint Monitoring visit to Gbelay-Geh and Zoe-Geh Districts in Nimba County. The 3-day Joint Monitoring visit was intended to assess their activities in the Districts, implemented in partnership with the Action by Churches Together (ACT-Alliance). The monitoring visit took the Team to Kialay, Larpea One and Two, Bahn City and the Refugee Camp, Gbanwen and Buutuo. The visit specifically looked at activities of the Lutheran Development Service and that of the Lutheran Church Trauma Healing Program,... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Wednesday, July 4th 2012 | Read Comments

Liberia: Tomorrow is By-Election Day in Electoral District 11 Montserrado County

(NEC/ July 2, 2012/ Monrovia); The National Elections Commission (NEC) will on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 conduct a Representative By-Election in Electoral District #11  Montserrado County. The By-Election is intended to fill a vacancy created by the death of Representative Moses Saah Tandanpolie on March 16, 2012.  Article 37 of the 1986 constitution of the Republic of Liberia provides for the holding of a by-election in the event of a vacancy in the legislature cause by death, resignation, expulsion or otherwise. According to a NEC release, logistical preparations for the By-Election are being finalized; the deployment of polling materials and... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 | Read Comments

LIBERIA: LDS Boss Urges Liberian Students

By: WASH R&E – The Executive Director of the Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS), Mr. Joseph S. Binda is urging Liberian students to exhibit several virtues in order to be productive in life. Mr. Binda among other things, called on students to be positive in their thoughts regardless of their situation, expect more of their self, be patient, be humble, be prayerful, be consistent, be obedient to the Golden Rule, be creative and never envy anyone. The LDS Executive Director was speaking over the weekend in Salala, Bong County, when he served as Key Note Speaker at the graduation... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Tuesday, June 26th 2012 | Read Comments