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English Situation Report on Liberia about Education, Food and Nutrition, Epidemic and more; published on 19 Jan 2021 by WFP

Beneficiaries embrace distribution effort, laud government for kind gesture. A press release from the World Foof Program (WFP) has said that residents of Grand Gedeh and Maryland Counties in the southeast and Bong County in Central Liberia last week began receiving COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) food packages. According to the release, the food distribution exercise kicked off in the three counties and it is expected to reach more than 87,000 households including nearly 17,000 in Grand Gedeh, 26,000 in Maryland and 45,000 in Bong. COHFSP food package which contains 50 kg r...

WFP Liberia's recent COVID-19 food distribution in Gayah Hill Township, Sinjeh District, Bomi County. Gayah Hill Township Commissioner in Sinjeh District, Bomi County, has applauded the Government of Liberia (GOL) and the World Food Program (WFP) for identifying with his people who find it very difficult to afford food for the rest of the day. Speaking in Gayah Town recently during a meeting, Commissioner Maima Barclay first performed the traditional welcoming ceremony [of guests] with Kola nuts and then said the town people were overwhelmed with gratitude for the food distribution.   “Thi...

WFP Liberia Country Brief, November 2020 Format - USD 12 m six months (December 2020 - May 2021) net funding requirements - 98,395 people assisted in November 2020 Operational Updates • WFP continued to support the Government-led COVID-19 Household Food Support Programme (COHFSP) aimed at assisting the most vulnerable households affected by COVID-19 prevention measures in Liberia. In November, WFP and partners provided 1,269 mt of basic food commodities to 19,679 households (98,395 beneficiaries) in Montserrado County. While countrywide household enumerations are ongoing, WFP dispatched foo...

Ministry of Social Development and Family Services meets with Representatives of the Supermarkets Association of Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain --- Senator the Honourable Donna Cox, Minister of Social Development and Family Services (MSDFS) and members of her Executive met today with the President of the Supermarkets Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SATT), Mr. Rajiv Diptee, and the Vice President, Sunita Persad, at the Ministry’s Head Office on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain. The discussion focused on strategies to deepen the collaboration between the Ministry and the Association, ...