Project #1 – Barnersville – FACE Africa, in partnership with Clean Water for Kids and a generous $10,000 grant from the Davis Project for Peace, completed its first project in a community of approximately 600 in Bardnersville, Liberia. The community had several open wells but no direct source of clean water supply. The project involved the installation of a water purification system, known by its trade name as the Skyhydrant, that can produce up to 20,000 liters of drinking water per day. The system is currently supplying hundreds of residents with clean and safe drinking water. Read More>>>
Project #2 & 3 – Joezohn - Water was a major concern for the residents of Joezohn. While rain and streams are fairly plentiful during the rainy season (April through September), the village’s reserves deplete quickly during the dry season and they have no access to pumps or wells. The residents had no latrine facilities so all of them had urinate and defecate in the forest, which exposed them to any number of pathogens and disease-carrying animals and insects. In partnership with local partner Concern Liberia and a grant from Chase, we completed our second clean water and sanitation project in Joezohn, Liberia – population 300. We rehabilitated a well, installed a hand pump and built 2 communal latrines as well as conducted hygiene training sessions. Read More >>>
Project #4 – Harmonville - In mid-January 2011 the nonprofits Nu Vsion PAC and ActionAid Liberia carried out youth training and needs assessment surveys in four counties in Liberia, including Montserrado, Grande Bassa, Bomi and Gbarbolu. Findings from the surveys reported that the Township of Harmonville (Grand Bassa) was facing severe safe drinking water issues. The town had a single hand pump constructed by an NGO in 1996. Due to the war in 2003 the pump head was stolen away and residents resorted to drinking from the contaminated open well. In August 2011 with funding from P&G’s Covergirl as part of their commitment to clean water and sanitation, FACE Africa rehabilitated the broken handpump in Harmonville, Grand Bassa that now supplies 2,000 residents with safe drinking water. Read More>>>
Project #5 & 6 – Hope Mission School – FACE Africa received a grant of $12,118.71 from the Voss Foundation in September 2011 to complement previous funding received from the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York to fund the Hope Mission School (HMS) Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene project. The goal of the project was to bring improved access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene practices to students at HMS and residents of surrounding communities in Bernard Farm. Specifically the project included • Digging of a 40ft Water Well + Construction of a Handpump • Construction of 6 compartment Latrines + Handwashing Station • Formation of School Health Club • Pump Mechanic Training• WASH Service Management Committee. Read More>>>
Project #7 & 8 – Benetta’s Orphanage Home – Benetta’s is home to 37 children and young adults, run by Reverend Kofa and his wife. Like many orphanage homes in Liberia, Benettas receives little support from the government and struggles for basic daily necessities. The children live in unhealthy and unsafe conditions with little or no access to safe water, adequate sanitation facilities and hygiene, medical care, mosquito nets, and nutritional meals. In October 2010, designer and actress Whitney Port visited Liberia with her family as part of a humanitarian mission with FACE Africa. The trip was sponsored by the generous support of Symphony, the Dubai Mall’s first and only luxury concept boutique and the Alabbar family. Symphony also held a charity auction during their official grand opening raised a total of $10,000 towards the Orphanage project! Read More>>>
Project #9 & 10 – Williamtown – Like it’s neighbor Joezohn, clean water was a major concern for the residents of Williamtown. While rain and streams are fairly plentiful during the rainy season, the village’s reserves deplete quickly during the dry season and they have no access to pumps or wells. The residents had no latrine facilities so all of them had urinate and defecate in the forest, which exposed them to any number of pathogens and disease-carrying animals and insects. With a $10,000 from the Global Neigborhood Fund, we implemented a clean water and sanitation project in Williamtown. The project included a hand-dug well, a hand pump, 2 communal latrines and hygiene training sessions. Read More >>>
Project #11 – Lofa County – With funding from the Liberian United Women in Progress first “Little Miss Liberia Fundraising Contest”, FACE Africa will implement a WASH project in a community in Lofa County with no or limited access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The project will include the construction of a well, hand pump, communal latrine, as well as comprehensive health and hygiene promotion among residents. Read More >>>
Project #12 – Sengbloh - In January 2013 we broke ground on uur 1st County-by-County project in River Cess funded by the Voss Foundation through the Lene Maria for Rent Vann fundraising campaign. County-by-County (CbC) is our ambitious new initiative launched in early 2013 to provide complete water coverage to the entire county of RiverCess and address the county’s challenge in meeting the Millennium Development Goal for water by 2017. Read More >>>
Project #13 – Palm Bush – Palm Bush Town is our 13th Project and 2nd County-by-County Project in River Cess funded by Quddus Philippe during FACE Africa’s 3rd Annual Gala held in New York City. County-by-County (CbC) is FACE Africa’s ambitious new initiative launched in early 2013 to provide complete water coverage to the entire county of River Cess and address the county’s challenge in meeting the Millennium Development Goal for water by 2017. Read More >>>
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