ECAP 2 Partners Strengthen 1,500 Community Health Committees and Provide Health Info to 1.3 Million Liberians PAYNESVILLE, May 27, 2016 --- Today Mercy Corps Liberia hosted a national workshop that...
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Cash assistance program provides critical resources to post-Ebola Liberia
Satta Sumo is one of the hundreds of thousands of people across Liberia still struggling to recover after she lost both her husband and her economic livelihood to the Ebola crisis. But as a...
Community Radio Reaches Millions in Liberia
MONROVIA, 21 March 2016 --- New research conducted by Mercy Corps and IREX finds that community radio provides a critical source of information for the people of Liberia, including in some of the...
Mercy Corps Expands Border Campaigns to Protect against Latest Outbreak
MONROVIA, March 30 2016 --- In response to the recent outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Mercy Corps expanded its social mobilisation activities in Liberia's border areas so that communities can be better...
ECAP 2 Program Launched Today to Strengthen Community Health in Liberia
New Mercy Corps Project to Benefit 1.5 Million People through Better Health Information and Community Health Groups GBARNGA, LIBERIA, October 9th 2015 --- Today at a workshop in Gbarnga, Liberia,...
Emergency funds lift families up after Ebola
Ladylue Walker, 30, grows cassava to help support and feed her family — her husband, three children, mother and grandmother, plus her sister’s five children — in Liberia, the small country bordered...
Public Health Campaign helps Liberians Turn the Tide of Ebola Virus Outbreak
THROUGH LOCAL PARTNERS, LIFESAVING HEALTH INFORMATION REACHES 2 MILLION PEOPLE Monrovia, Liberia — As Liberians mark one year since the first confirmed case of Ebola in their country, a...
What happens after Ebola?
Kelly Montgomery Digital Content Producer Liberia, March 31, 2015 Twenty-six year-old Malike Dulleh lives in Lofa county — the same county where Liberia’s first two cases of Ebola were confirmed one...
Digitizing Social Mobilization: the Liberian Experience
In an attempt to end Ebola transmission in Liberia, Mercy Corps through its Ebola Community Action Platform (ECAP) is employing massive social mobilization, which has to date reached over two million...
Ebola response diaries: Isaac
Liberia, January 2, 2015 Our team in Liberia is working hard to equip two million people with the information they need to protect themselves from Ebola. These team members are more than response...
Economic impact of the Ebola crisis on select Liberian markets
Mercy Corps: Impact of Ebola Epidemic Deepens as Liberian Households Report Eating Fewer Meals In-depth market assessment of Liberian communities details growing economic crisis Portland, Ore. – A...
Ebola response: Mobilizing communities to stop the spread
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to spread, devastating communities and killing thousands. Mercy Corps is mounting a massive public health education campaign to stem the spread of the...
Liberia: Women take the lead
by Ruth Allen As long as I can remember, there's been a world map hanging in my grandmother's kitchen. When I called to let her know I was off to Liberia soon, she was quiet for a minute and then...
Liberia: Clean water and a fresh start
BY TOM EWERT Sinoe County, Liberia - Despite three years of peace in this tiny West African nation, the majority of Liberians still drink dirty water. Nearly 7 out of every 10 Liberians must rely on...
Liberia: The power of water
Harmonville Township, Grand Bassa County, Liberia -- Every day, Ruth, a 33-year-old mother of six, wakes early to start her lengthy list of household chores. Her daily tasks are daunting. Besides...
Liberia: Narrowing education's gender gap
By DAN SADOWSKY Karto, Liberia -- The sturdy new schoolhouse in this rural farming village of 2,000 represents a new hope -- especially for young women like Margaret. Currently, she is one of 90...
Liberia: HIV/AIDS is a development challenge, not just a health crisis
Mercy Corps partners with Grassroots Soccer to educate Liberian youth about risks Every day, AIDS claims 8,000 lives around the world, and 14,000 people become infected with HIV. Today is World AIDS...
Liberia: In war's aftermath, a new model of progress
By DAN SADOWSKY Montserrado County, Liberia - From all appearances, Jinnita is an unremarkable Liberian village. Its thatched-roofed mud huts are commonplace around here. Most of its working-age...
Liberia: "Let us pray for peace and stability"
"We are one of the richest countries in Africa (in terms of natural resources), but today we are one of the poorest nations in the world," says the First Lady of Liberia, Rosie-Lee Antoinette Bryant...
Liberia: "A good place to start"
"Liberia is two worlds - the one you see and the one that could be." by Bob Newell I began my Africa tour in Liberia, the country founded by former American slaves. Though it has been a country for...