Sinoe County Crying for Safe Drinking Water

Grand Gedeh Students Crying for better Education

 

Appealing to the United Nations:

The United Nations UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 focuses on clean water and sanitation—pointing out that access to water, sanitation, and hygiene constitutes a human right
The Appealing Lens learned that poor sanitation increases the risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, and contributes to malnutrition due to contaminated food and water sources.
Poor sanitation leads to environmental pollution from improper waste disposal, causes social inequalities, disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities, especially women and children.
To improve global sanitation, the United Nations (UN) focuses on promoting access to clean and safe drinking water for all communities.
The UN as well supports the construction and maintenance of sanitation facilities in underserved areas and advocates for hygiene education to reduce disease transmission.
The Appealing Lens is informed that the body encourages sustainable waste management practices to protect public health and fosters partnerships with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement sanitation projects, monitor, and report on sanitation progress for accountability and transparency.
The impoverished sanitation in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia, is appalling and worrisome.
A sustained partnership with the United Nations, the government of Liberia, and non-profit organizations, as part of Sustainable Development Goal 6, is necessary if such don’t exist. If there is a UN GOL and a nonprofit partnership, the appealing lens is pleading with the United Nations to act!

Sinoe County Crying for Healthcare:

Liberia will on July 26, 2026 celebrate 179 years of independence as a country. Ahead of the scheduled celebration, our reporter Edwin N. Khakie travel to GARTEH, located in Sinoe County, Electoral District #3 and asked residents what has changed?
As he reports, resident sadly don’t see change in their community government after governments. They narrated that the community doesn’t have hospital as well as clinic to carter to their healthcare needs.
One resident said, “When a community lacks local clinics and hospitals, that community becomes a “healthcare desert”, residents face delayed emergency responses, worsened chronic health outcomes and above all, women and children become vulnerable”.
The residents told The Equality Trumpet that through a self-help project, a first aide medical health clinic was built in 2022 to help the community access healthcare services since residents are travelling long distances to seek medical treatment.
After the completion of the clinic, operation started and residents asked the Ministry of Health and other non-governmental organizations to help with medical personnel, essential drugs, equipment, and institutional support to sustain the facility.
Town Chief John S. Toe who carried our reporter to tour the forsaken Clinic, indicated that residents remain committed to supporting development initiatives in their community but are unable to get the Clinic running again without external assistance.
“This community health situation is challenged, and the most vulnerable people are pregnant women, children, and the elderly are mostly affected in the absence of basic healthcare services”, the chief mourns.
“The town chief with the residents is appealing to the government of Liberia, non-governmental organizations involve with women and children rights to come to the aide of the community.
The lack of Medical Health Clinics and hospitals highlights the challenges confronting many rural communities across Liberia, where citizens continue to complement government efforts through self-help initiatives despite limited resources.
One youth pointed out, “When communities demonstrate willingness to contribute to their own development, such efforts should be supported by government, international and local non-governmental organizations”.

Woman Crying for Help:

By: Miatta G. Jallah

Governments and Nonprofit organizations around the world undertake projects to care for the aging community to improve their quality of life, healthcare, and aged care.
Sadly, in Liberia, old age is a crime to the extent that nobody wants to associate with older people. In some communities, they’re abandoned by their own relatives and children. They’re often accused of being witches, and in response to those unproven accusations, they’re stripped naked and flogged publicly.
A case in point is Madam Annie Jay, who is believed to be in her late 60s in the New Georgia community, and is forsaken by children and relatives. For this reason, she’s living in an unfinished building.
She doesn’t have access to basic necessities such as food, proper shelter, healthcare, and financial support. Due to her age and physical condition, she is unable to engage in regular income activities to provide for herself. She told the Appealing Lens that in her daily struggles, it’s sometimes impossible to obtain bread; she weeps, calling for help.