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4 Dec 2018 ROBERTSPORT

$29 Million USD From USAID For Liberia Water Projects

Three USAID-funded water projects, valued at US$29 million, were over the weekend dedicated. Implemented under the Capital Improvement Project, three water treatment facilities in the three provincial cities were restored with safe drinking water for the inhabitants. Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation Managing Director Duannah Kamara, classified the water facilities as the biggest USAID-funded projects in West Africa and called on superintendents of the benefiting counties to maintain the facilities to avoid anyone misusing them.

14 Nov 2018 Paris

Two Thirds Of African Cities Face Extreme Climate Risk

Rapid population growth and poor infrastructure have put two out of three cities in Africa at “extreme risk” of the threats posed by climate change, according to a new analysis. Study focuses on Bangui in the Central African Republic, Liberia’s capital Monrovia and the Congolese city of Mbuji-Mayi as three most at-risk cities.

15 Jan 2018 MONROVIA, Liberia

$40 Million USD For Supply Projects in Liberia

A USD $40.49 million Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) three-phase water project was recently dedicated by the outgoing Liberian Government in White Plains, Montserrado County. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) experts say the dedication of the LWSC White Plains water facility that will supply 16,000,000 gallons per day is a significant boost to the water challenges of Monrovia and its environs.

16 Nov 2017 Washington, DC

US Announces “Global Water Strategy”. Does Your Country Get a Mention? What, no Pakistan? No Yemen?

The aid agency of the USA has released a strategy document regarding the country’s vision of a “more water-secure world…where people and nations have the water they need to be healthy, prosperous, and resilient”.Full text of the Global Water Strategy can be found here.USAID and the US State Department (the aid body’s parent organization)’s document announces that the US government will work with partner countries and key stakeholders to achieve four interrelated objectives:Increasing access to sustainable safe drinking water and sanitation services, and promoting hygiene;Protecting freshwater resources;Promoting cooperation on shared waters;Strengthening water governance and financing...

3 Jun 2016 ROME, Italy

Drought, Conflicts Leave More Countries in Need of Food Aid: FAO

El Niño-induced droughts and conflict have raised the number of countries in need of external food assistance to 37 as of June 1st, according to the latest edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, put out this week by the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

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10 Mar 2016 ROME, Italy

Drought, Floods, Conflict Leave 34 Countries in Need of Food Assistance: FAO

Drought, floods and civil conflicts have left 34 countries -- 27 of them in Africa and the rest in Asia -- in need of food assistance, according to a new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).The March 2016 Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, produced by the FAO’s Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and released this week, finds that drought associated with the El Niño weather phenomenon has “sharply reduced” 2016 crop production prospects in Southern Africa, as well as lowering estimates for harvests on the northern part of the continent...

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28 Aug 2015 MONROVIA

Liberia Receives $25 Million USAID Grant for Municipal Water System

Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh on behalf of the Liberian Government has signed a grant agreement for $25 million with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the construction of municipal water system in the cities of Robertsport, Voinjama and Sanniquellie.

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28 Jul 2015 NICOYA, Costa Rica

Costa Rica Prioritizes $50 Million Water Infrastructure Plan in Guanacaste

The Costa Rican government will prioritize a $50 million USD plan to improve water infrastructure and provide drought relief in Guanacaste Province as a matter of “national interest,” President Luis Guillermo Solís announced during his trip to the Nicoya peninsula in Guanacaste last weekend.The “Integral Water Supply Program for Guanacaste” includes 12 projects that are expected to improve water supply in the Tempisque River basin and coastal communities in the province...

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7 May 2015 MONROVIA, Liberia

EU to Fund Water Projects at 529 Liberian Schools

The European Union will fund water projects at 529 schools in nine counties in Liberia, according to Tiina Intelmann, head of the EU Delegation in Liberia.Intelmann, who had previously asked the Liberian government to identify priority areas in the wake of the recent Ebola crisis, said last week that the EU had already set up a regional fund -- called "A West African Response to Ebola (AWARE)" – which will implement the projects...

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1 May 2015 MONROVIA, Liberia

Liberia Launches WASH in Schools Program

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf this week officially launched the country’s WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Schools (WINS) program.The program aims to improve the effectiveness of hygiene behavior among students by ensuring that healthy habits are taught, practiced and integrated into daily school routine...

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11 Mar 2015 BRUSSELS, Belgium

Liberia Launches $60 Million Appeal to Improve WASH in Schools

The Liberian government has launched a $60 million USD appeal to fund water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities at schools throughout the country.Liberia’s schools have only just reopened after being closed last August due to the Ebola outbreak in the region.President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf launched the appeal in collaboration with anti-poverty NGO Oxfam GB during a one-day high-level Ebola summit in Brussels last week...

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18 Feb 2015 MONROVIA

Coalition Launches New Treatment Plant in Liberia

In an effort to help fight Ebola in West Africa, a coalition involving a variety of organizations, including the McWane Foundation, Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, WaterHealth International, and Global Environment & Technology Foundation, recently launched a new water treatment facility in Liberia. The WaterHealth Centre, located in Bomi County, provides 22 million liters of clean, safe, WHO-quality water to existing Ebola treatment units across the region for drinking, sanitation and washing hands and clothes...

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