Author: Press Release

The strong reality of educational inequality and the systemic problems afflicting the education system has prompted a young Liberian student studying in the US to launch a Gofundme/fundraising campaign. The campaign has been dubbed “Help Renovate Yalon Town Public School.”

Monrovia – The Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority(NaFAA), Madam Emma Metieh Glassco has disclosed that the government will this Saturday August 14 distribute the thread fishing nets free of charge to fishermen across Grand Bassa County in exchange for their rubber nets.

Participants at the Dissemination of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management Assessment Results and Action Planning Workshop MONROVIA – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Stakeholders have concluded a one-day Dissemination of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Assessment Results and Action Planning Workshop.

Monrovia – TheAmerican Government has pledged its support to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, LACC, in the fight against corruption in Liberia.

Monrovia – The World Health Organization (WHO)-Liberia Country Office has notified the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) of two confirmed cases of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in Gueckedou, the Republic of Guinea. The patients are 46-year-old male and a female (age unknown) who were both residents of Temessadou, a Sub-Prefecture of Gueckedou. The Guinean Health Authorities were alerted by community members of Koundou Lengo Bengou which is 54 kilometers away from Gueckedou. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa.

BARCLAYVILLE — In an effort to tackle the shortage of armed chairs and repair the sagging roof, the Government of Liberia’s through the Office of the Deputy Speaker Hon. Cllr. Fonati Koffa submitted two cheques in both currencies of thirty thousand United States Dollars (US$ 30,000.00) and three million four hundred and fifty-two Thousand Liberian Dollars (L$3,452,000.00) to the Grand Kru County’s Barclayville Central High School.

MONROVIA – August 6, 2021: The new Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mr. Jim Wright, Friday August 6, 2021, paid a courtesy call on the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Hon. J. Aloysius Tarlue, Jr.

BARCLAY TRAINING CENTER – UN Peacekeeping Sector Center in Mopti, Mali on 6 August 2021 decorated four AFL Officers with United Nations Peacekeeping Medals for their valuable services to peacekeeping operations in MINUSMA, Mali.

Monrovia – Welthungerhilfe (WHH) (former German Agro-Action), has donated assorted office equipment to the Liberia National WASH Commission in an effort to support the operation of the institution. As a newly established commission, charged with the mandate to lead and regulate the WASH Sector, the need for equipment to facilitate efficient service delivery remains a challenge.

Cestos City, Rivercess County – The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has turned over Solar Panel System to the Rivercess County local authority for the smooth running of the Rivercess County Service Center valued at eighty-two thousand five United States Dollars.