Liberia: Government Issues Proclamation on Red Cross May Month; As LNRCS Celebrates with Exceptional Humanitarian Actions
Liberia: Government Issues Proclamation on Red Cross May Month; As LNRCS Celebrates with Exceptional Humanitarian Actions
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MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia has issued a proclamation declaring the Month of May as Red Cross Red Crescent Month during which the Liberian Red Cross is expected to demonstrate exceptional humanitarian actions across the country after its official celebration slated on May 8, 2021.
More than 192 countries around the world including Liberia will commemorates the birth anniversary of the founder of Red Cross Red Crescent Henry Dunant throughout the month of May and demonstrate humanitarian actions in communities, offering hope and support to needy communities and people.
Liberians On High Alert, Called For Borders Closure, As Ebola Kills Three In Guinea Liberians On High Alert, Called For Borders Closure, As Ebola Kills Three In Guinea
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As Guinea has officially declared that it is dealing with an Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the virus, Liberia is now on high alert with Liberians calling on the Government to see reason in closing border between Liberia and Guinea.
The impact of this epidemic which took the lives of thousands lives with 11,310 deaths been reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, a situation that devastated the entire sub-region is once again creating fears in Liberians following the pronouncement that it has again showed in face in Guinea.
The Liberian Red Cross says in the absence of major disaster and other emergencies, there are still compelling humanitarian needs on the grounds that demand urgent support.
The Red Cross as a premiere humanitarian institution named better livelihood, improved access to safe drinking water, adequate food and better healthcare for vulnerable people as needs that cannot be ignored at the moment.
The Liberian Red Cross made the statement over the weekend when it presented food and non-food items to a vulnerable disabled couple with their three children Gbarnga, Bong County. The items including two bags of rice and two mattresses were donated by an honorary member of the Liberian Red Cross, Rohit Suji who is also the president of the Association of the Indian Community in Liberia.
Liberia: Red Cross Donates Food And Non-Food Items to Restore Hope to Physically Challenged Couple
Liberia: Red Cross Donates Food And Non-Food Items to Restore Hope to Physically Challenged Couple
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Monrovia – John Mulbah and Patience Kollie, a vulnerable couple living in Gbarnga, Bong County, are facing the regretful side of life as they barely get daily meal to eat because of their disabilities. Johnson is visually impaired and feeds his family on digging and selling sand from a river, while Patience is paralyzed from her second child delivery operation at one of the hospitals in Gbarnga.
“Life is not easy for us. Things often become more difficult when the sand I dig from the river is not being bought on time by customers so that we can buy food,” John says. John’s condition is tears pouring- uses his imagination, hands, and feet to feel objects beneath the river while he digs the sand for sale. “I sell a pile of the sand for seven hundred ($700) Liberian