AWDF supports its grantee organisations in Liberia to fight Ebola
With the current onslaught of the outbreak of Ebola in Liberia and the threat it continues to pose, AWDF is supporting three of its grantees in Liberia to help intensify educational activities around the prevention of Ebola. In all, AWDF has awarded $20,000 to three women’s rights organisations in Liberia to undertake a series of educational activities to intensify prevention education and knowledge around this deadly disease.
The groups are listed below:
1. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund (SMWF) has been awarded a grant of $10,000 to join the national government and partners to ease the spread of the ebola virus by creating mass awareness among market women across the country. SMWF will be working in 7 markets across the country.
The SMWF is a grantee of AWDF that seeks to improve the infrastructure of markets in Liberia and create a knowledge-based environment for women traders. It provides them with credit, health care, childcare facilities, storage facilities, sanitary facilities and literacy opportunities.
2. New Liberian Women Organisation/Skills Training Centre has been awarded a grant of $ 5,000 to undertake a series of educational activities on the Ebola outbreak within selected communities in Careysburg city, Bentol city, Yeantown and Cruzerville. NLWO will be using community appropriate methodologies such as music and dancing to reach out these communities
New Liberian Women Organisation/Skills Training CentreLiberia works with young, unemployed women empowering them through skills training and advocacy. The organisation currently operates in Ghana and Liberia. The main beneficiaries of the organisation are Liberian Refugee women and children.
3. Women and Children Development Association of Liberia (WOCDAL) has been awarded a grant of $ 5,000 to sensitize members of 3 densely populated communities in Montserrado County in Liberia on the prevention of Ebola. The awareness activities will cover Newkru Town (Duala, St. Paul Bridge, Point 4 and Red Hill) and Caldwell (Mombo Town East, Mombo Town West, New Georgia Junction and Samukai Town). This project is intended to spread relevant messages about the Ebola virus and help a selected group of community members become focal persons for deepening knowledge on the prevention of Ebola. WOCDAL will be using singing, dancing and dramatic performance as an awareness creation strategy to reach out to these communities.
WOCDAL is one of the AWDF grantees in Liberia. WOCDAL seeks to improve the wellbeing of children and young women. They have a skills training center for out of school young women as well as a school for needy children. WOCDAL operates in five counties namely: Montserrado, Margibi, Bong, Lofa and Nimba-Grand Dedeh.
Yife Global Development Foundation is seeking for grant/ financial assistance fot Ebola Awareness and prevention programs in Urban and rural areas of Nigeria. Free health check will also be provided in October 2014 to the poor people in remote areas of Ogun State Nigeria.
The threat of the Deadly Ebola Virus has caused a tremendous fear in the lives of Sierra Leoneans especially, women, young girls, youths, and Children who are extremely vulnerable in pro- poor communities of Sierra Leone. The fight against the Ebola Virus is a Global concern, and our community based women’s organization, the Community Initiative Strategies for Empowerment Against Poverty (CISEAP – S/L) has conducted an effective community outreached sensitization and awareness raising campaigns on the prevention strategies of the Ebola virus through the sharing of information, education, and communication materials(I E C) on the Ebola causes, Signs and symptoms, and above all, the prevention aspect of the virus. Our organization has also collaborated with other women’s groups in the donation of chlorine’s and buckets as a good practice in the fight against the Ebola virus. Currently, we are engaging on contract tracing of affected Children and women to re-unify them in their respective communities and as well, provide them with rehabilitation support, psycho – social support, and livelihood support to keep their lives going. On behalf of the management of CISEAP – S/L, we are apparently extending an appreciation and a big thank you message to the management of AWDF for their kind gesture in helping organizations from our neighboring country Liberia in the fight against the Ebola Virus. We are also taking this as an opportunity to request from the management of the AWDF to assist our organization with logistical support in the fast tracking of the contract tracing of affected women and Children in Kenema District. We hope hearing from AWDF.
Regards
Mamie Douffi Kamara – Coordinator
CISEAP – SIERRA LEONE.
We sincerely appreciate AWDF contributions to the three organizations to fight Ebola in Liberia, how ever my institution is also interested in fully joining the campaign against the fight of Ebola in Liberia.
How can acquire a Grant from your Institution?
My Community Women’s Based organization in Sierra Leone, CISEAP – SL is looking for funding assistance to be supported with their designed plans of Activities in continuing the outreach sensitization campaign to fight against the deadly Ebola virus in Kenema and Kailahun.
How can we get funds from AWDF to continue our outreach sensitization campaign in kenema and kailahun.
Findley center is a community based organization that was established in 2012 to address the issues of education, women empowerment,economic empowerment as well as promotion for the rule of laws based liberia.the center is a member of grand bassa county social mob.but we face some financial challenges in carrying out our drama team of 16 members in the field as well as gasoline to put our p.a system on. how can we get financial aid from AWDF to continue our outreach(drama performance) in buchanan city grand bassa county.