Concern Worldwide is supporting the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia in the roll-out of their COVID-19 vaccination programmes, to reach vulnerable people in some of the most remote regions...
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Concern Worldwide is supporting the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia in the roll-out of their COVID-19 vaccination programmes, to reach vulnerable people in some of the most remote regions...
Introduction Building upon the 2019 Cost of the Diet (CoD) assessment, Concern Worldwide (CWW) and the Liberia WASH Consortium commissioned a dry season assessment to be conducted in the same markets...
Executive summary Developed by Save the Children, the Cost of the Diet (CoD) methodology and software estimates the combination and amount of locally available foods needed to provide either...
Summary The Liberia WASH Consortium (LWC) was launched in 2007 and it quickly established itself as one of the two leaders, along with UNICEF, for addressing Liberian WASH challenges. The Consortium...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bordering the Atlantic coast, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Montserrado, Rivercess, and Sinoe Counties are among the five counties of Liberia with the highest burden of stunting in...
Kieran McConville visits a diamond town deep in the forests of Liberia to find how one Ebola treatment centre has undergone a dramatic change of purpose. Sam Holder is leading us up a narrow bush...
Written by Kieran McConville How one Ebola treatment center underwent a dramatic change of purpose Sam Holder is leading us up a narrow bush path towards John Logan Town, a small city deep in the...
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As of October 20, over 4,500 people had died in the current West African Ebola outbreak. When confronted with those numbers and the terrifying news stories that accompany them, it’s easy to forget...
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Concern Worldwide today announced a €36m programme to address the spread of Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The agency is recruiting logisticians, health care professionals and engineers to travel...
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When fear can be a killer… As Sierra Leone goes into a four-day Ebola ‘lockdown’ from today (Friday19th) Breda Gahan of Concern Worldwide says there are echoes of the early days of HIV and AIDS in...
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The Outbreak In March 2014, a case of Ebola was confirmed in the West African country of Guinea. Since then, the disease has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. A separate outbreak...
This report examines the research undertaken by a consortium of government and non-government agencies working in Liberian schools, commissioned to research School Related Gender Based Violence. Of...
1 Introduction Liberia continues to transition from post-conflict rehabilitation towards development after the devastation and disruption caused by 14 years of civil conflict (1989 – 2003). In the...
By Jennifer Chapman Executive Summary Concern started directly implementing an HIV&AIDS programme in Montserrado, Liberia in 2008 and in Grand Bassa in 2010, building on prior mainstreaming work. The...
When a girl starts school in Liberia, she arrives full of enthusiasm and hope. But, without school resources or a qualified teacher, progress is slow. Concern is working to address these issues in 30...
Liberia‘s newly approved water and sanitation policy states that 'water is life‘ and 'sanitation is dignity‘. These powerful statements signal a welcome commitment in a country where safe water and...
Concern was named "Best International NGO in Liberia" by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in part for its innovative efforts to give the poorest marginalized farmers tools and training to improve the...
If you walk through any of the towns in Liberia today, you can't help but be shocked and deeply saddened by what 14 years of violent civil war have done. Despite the encouraging progress that has...
Concern is working with children in camps and communities in Liberia to promote hygiene. This programme aims to prevent disease, improve general health and create an environment where children, with...
"There is no general electricity in the country, no running water, there is no sewage system, no postal system, no public transport. This country has been absolutely devastated. It needs every bit of...