While the Ebola crisis was at its peak, a small group of WASH entrepreneurs helped in a significant way by repairing hand pumps in clinics and other health facilities in some of the country’s...
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Global communities hands over Disco Hill safe burial site to government of Liberia
By Stephen Farshing, Global Communities MARGIBI COUNTY, LIBERIA – After more than one year and nearly 3,000 burials conducted, Global Communities formally transferred the management and operations of...
Stopping Ebola in its Tracks: a Community-Led Response
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Stopping Ebola in its Tracks: a Community-Led Response
The public view of the Ebola response was dominated by images and stories of medical workers and Ebola treatment units. But there is also the less-known story of the many thousands of Liberian health...
A Community-Led Approach to Sanitation in Liberia
Global Communities carried out a USAID-funded Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWASH) program in three counties in Liberia from February 2010 to April 2015. IWASH implemented the...
Using Dashboards for Decision-Making in Liberia
By Chris Thompson, M&E Manager, ALERT Project Imagine you are flying a plane. What is the first thing you want to know? You probably want to know when you will run out of fuel. To find out you look...
Untouched: How 284 Liberian Communities Remained Ebola-Free
By Piet deVries, Senior Advisor, Global Communities For four years, we were busy creating access to safe sanitation for communities in Liberia. And if not for an unprecedented epidemic of what is now...
Preventing Ebola in Liberia’s Secret Bush Schools
By Alice Urban, Global Communities Voinjama, Liberia – As Liberia continues to make gains in the fight against Ebola, Global Communities is partnering with traditional leaders to hunt down remaining...
Global Communities Opens New Burial Site for Ebola Victims Near Monrovia
New Burial Site Eliminates the Need for Unpopular Cremations in the Capital City Silver Spring, MD – Global Communities announced today that a burial site has been opened in Margibi County, ensuring...
Going Great Lengths to Support Burial Teams in Liberia
Staff Profile: Freeman Kamara To say that Freeman Kamara goes to great lengths to do his job is not an understatement. Kamara works as the "roving" Finance Officer for the Ebola response program in...
Blogging from Liberia: The Untold Stories Behind the Numbers
By Josh Balser Josh Balser is a member of Global Communities' Ebola Response Team in Liberia. As he supports the ongoiong efforts in Liberia, he will also be blogging and providing regular first-hand...
USAID OFDA Awards Global Communities $7.7 Million for Ebola Relief Efforts in Liberia
Additional Funds from International Rescue Committee will Support Outreach Silver Spring, MD (October 1, 2014) – The USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance has awarded $7.7 million to...
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Countering the 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak: Mobilizing Community Response Through Knowledge and Empowerment
The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) was first detected in March 2014 and has swiftly become the most deadly Ebola outbreak in history, and the first in West Africa. As of now, the...
Ebola Response "ALERT" Project Gains Momentum
The “Assisting Liberians with Education to Reduce Transmission (ALERT)” project, funded by the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), is bring about positive change in Ebola affected areas. ...
Mobilizing in the Heart of the Ebola Outbreak
The current outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) was first detected in March 2014 and has swiftly become the most deadly Ebola outbreak in history, and the first in West Africa. The World...
Global Communities Liberia team conducts community outreach to combat spread of ebola
The Global Communities Liberia team is leading important interventions to prevent and control the Ebola virus. To date, the recent outbreak has killed 255 people in Liberia and 887 altogether in...
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Combating the Spread of Ebola in Liberia
Along the Liberia-Guinea border, where six suspected Ebola cases have occurred, the USAID-funded IWASH program is delivering materials to prevent potential spread of disease. These facilities are the...
Global Communities partnering with Chevron Liberia to improve sanitation for urban communities
Three new toilet facilities funded by Chevron Liberia This story originally appeared on Shout-Africa. An agreement valued at 106,000 USD has been signed between Global Communities (formerly CHF...