Lifewater Project: L09-E018

    

 

  Train Community Mobilization Team
Montserrado County
A Lifewater Project in Liberia

 

                   
 

Equipment Training and Support Services Location

  
 

L-Linc Compound
El 120' N 06*22’53.4.” W 010*34’33.3” Acc +/-29'

  
 

 

 

 L-Can and L-Linc Hygiene Class

 Community Mobilization Team Training

 

 

 

 Villagers Learning Disease Transmission

 Developing New Curriculum

 

 

Mobilization Team gets Driver's Licence

  
 
 

 Project Sponsor/s

  
 

 Len & Anne Murray Delta, BC

Robert Somers Wellington, ON

  

 

 

 

 Project Detail Summary

  
   Three professional women from Canada and the USA paid their own way to travel to Liberia to help the Local workers formalize their Community Mobilization Outreach program. This work has proven to be a critical part of sustainable development work. If communities are not fully engaged and actively participating in well or washroom construction, the project will not be effectively maintained in the years ahead. In 2008, Lifewater Liberia Inc. hired one man and two women to work full-time to provide hygiene education and mobilize communities.

The volunteer trainers (Kumba, Susan and Terra) worked closely with the new Community Mobilization Team. They were excited to find the team was cohesive, enthusiastic and incredibly efficient and open to learn the new materials that were brought in to help improve their work.

New songs and skits were developed to help local villagers learn how to break disease transmission pathways and treat running stomach. New educational posters to illustrate key information were drawn using Liberia people and typical village scenes. These enhancements to the program are helping local villagers understand the reason safe drinking water and sanitation are imperative to saving the lives of their children and improving the general health of everyone in their village. 		 

 

 

   Dear Sir,

We extend to you many, many thanks. First of all, thanks for the fine women who came to our country and endured rugged living conditions to help us here in Liberia. Secondly, for the village workshops that they participated in and let our people lead and learn from. And thirdly, for leaving us with materials that are working so well to help those in grass hut villages who can not read or write to learn so much about the sickness that comes from drinking bado water.

Thank-you to everyone involved with the hours of preparation to improve this program and also feel the heart felt gratefulness from the L-Linc Community Mobilization Team (CMT) to offer this support and education. Special thanks also go to those who supported these ladies and who continue to support us and fund this work as we develop and implement this new and important program.

Finally, we ask for your prayers and consideration as these CMT workers need a motorcycle and a truck to get around to many village meetings so that villages will be ready to receive the drilling crews when they come.

May God Bless You All,

CMT & all Lifewater Liberia Inc workers