From 1999 to 2003 the Liberian civil war persistently disrupted the lives of Liberian women, forcing many to seek refuge in neighbouring West African countries. Not willing to see their country disintegrate, Liberian women took action to catalyse an end to the war, organising within Liberia, but and also as refugee women in Ghana around […]
The Ebola crisis was a horror story. One that the communities it rocked were unprepared for– and often times failed to survive. All though this story of anguish is still left open ended, from it’s begining there has been a strong counter narrative. One of strength, of resilience and of communities coming together to fight, […]
Billie Mcternan, journalist and AWDF writer traveled to Guinea to interview and visit grantee organizations given Ebola grants. This article was published in The Guardian A handwashing station in Fermessadou bears a label urging villagers to protect against Ebola. The village is close to Kissidougou, the epicentre of Guinea’s Ebola outbreak. Photograph: Ruth McDowall/AWDF […]
By Bille McTernan CONAKRY, Guinea – A women’s cooperative saw its work almost reduced to ashes after years of work as the Ebola outbreak ravaged the West African country of Guinea, but the women would have the last say.Djakagbe Kaba has spent decades working towards women empowerment. Despite the setbacks during the Ebola outbreak, she […]
January 14, 2016 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa. It’s a day to celebrate, yet the consequences of this outbreak – the worst the world has ever […]
This article was originally published on The Journalist MONROVIA – When Paynesville Mayor Cyvette Gibson wanted to get the streets cleaned in the part of the Liberian capital that she runs, she enlisted the help of everybody she could find. Even the homeless and drug addicts helped to pick up litter. And when Ebola struck […]
Read published article here: on Qz.com BY Amba Mpoke-Bigg Nurse Mariatu Fofana says she should have known better than to touch and hug her father as he lay dying at his home near the capital of Sierra Leone, but she has paid an unbearable price for her error. Ebola had been raging for months by […]
This article was originally published on The Journalist. Read the original article here. Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease. It’s marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids. The countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea on Africa’s West Coast have been especially hard hit with about 4 […]
After more than a year of unimaginable suffering, West Africa looks cautiously ahead to the end of the most devastating outbreak of the Ebola virus the world has ever known. Yet the road for the three worst affected countries is still one of tough challenges. Whilst Liberia is celebrating a second round of being […]