{"id":3717,"date":"2014-08-16T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:27:59","slug":"awdf-grantee-organisations-fight-ebola-in-liberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-grantee-organisations-fight-ebola-in-liberia\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF Grantee Organisations Fight Ebola in Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AWDF supports its grantee organisations in Liberia to fight Ebola<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3718\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KA_9876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KA_9876-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Nana Kofi Acquah\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Nana Kofi Acquah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">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\u2019s rights organisations in Liberia to undertake a series of educational activities to intensify prevention education and knowledge around this deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>The groups are listed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Market Women&#8217;s Fund (SMWF) <\/strong>has been awarded a grant of <strong>$10,000<\/strong> to join the national government and partners to ease the spread of the ebola virus by creating mass awareness among market women across the country. SMWF will be working in 7 markets across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The SMWF<\/strong> is a grantee of <strong>AWDF\u00a0<\/strong>that seeks to improve the infrastructure of markets in Liberia and create a knowledge-based environment for women traders. It provides them with credit, health care, childcare facilities, storage facilities, sanitary facilities and literacy opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. New Liberian Women Organisation\/Skills Training Centre <\/strong>has been awarded a grant of <strong>$ 5,000 <\/strong>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<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Women and Children Development Association of Liberia (WOCDAL)<\/strong> has been awarded a grant of <strong>$ 5,000<\/strong> 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. <strong>WOCDAL<\/strong> will be using singing, dancing and dramatic performance as an awareness creation strategy to reach out to these communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOCDAL<\/strong> is one of the <strong>AWDF<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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