Liberia Emergency and Disaster Relief Fund


	May 27, 2009 Press Release Donors, members, supporters, and friends, the LEADER Fund would like to bring greetings to you, your family and your friends. We sincerely thank you for your contributions and appreciate all the support we have gotten from our members, supporters on the ground in Liberia , and especially our donors. Liberia Heavy rains have caused flooding in various coastal cities in Liberia. Hundreds of homes and other buildings have been destroyed resulting in homelessness for a significant number of people. Below are some articles that reference these disasters. http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/8629/Nimba_Flood_Worsens.html "NIMBA COUNTY, Floods in Nimba thave worsened during a second week of heavy downpour, leaving the St. John on the border with Guinea and the Cestos River along the Ivory Coast border to burst their banks, forcing the two borders to close down." http://home.att.net/~thehessians/storm2007.html "Hundreds of people living in parts of Bushrod Island, just outside of Monrovia, on Monday were badly hit by floods created by an upsurge of water, which overflowed the banks of the St. Paul River; leaving residents strangulated in their homes as well as being deprived of tangible properties and personal belongings. The St. Paul River overflowed its banks Sunday night due to the heavy downpour of rain." http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2008/pr28/en/index.html "19 AUGUST 2008 \| GENEVA -- Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed as heavy rains forecast to last until September could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases. "West Africa's annual floods bring with them not only the threat of vector-borne and communicable diseases, but it further endangers the lives of people already malnourished by the food price crisis," said Dr Eric Laroche, Assistant Director-General of WHO's Health Action in Crises Cluster." Destruction of nine homes in Bardeh Wleh http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EDIS-76WRS2?OpenDocument "It may be recalled that between 27 July and 4 August 2007, rising tides and ocean surge led to the destruction of nine homes in Bardeh Wleh, a fishing village on the Atlantic coast of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County. The sea displaced 135 mainly Ghanaian fishermen and their families and destroyed 22 houses. During the same period, a rise in the Mechlin River in District #2, Grand Bassa County flooded Kpor Jimmy, Compound #2 and five villages that lie along the riverbanks. The floods damaged four houses and flooded several others. On 27 July, heavy rains caused the Du and Ben River and the Yor Creek in Margibi County to overflow their banks. The resultant floods destroyed three houses, damaged two houses and led to the displacement of 16 persons in Bassa Community and Mandingo Quarter in Kakata." http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-76Q3H9?OpenDocument "This resulted in the flooding of six communities (comprising ten towns and villages) in and around Monrovia." http://www.starradio.org.lr/content/view/8657/380/ Monday, 21 July 2008 "Several communities in Monrovia and its environs were flooded as a result of heavy rains on Sunday." http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79364 MONROVIA, 21 July 2008 (IRIN) "Rain in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods on record in Monrovia and forced nearly 1,000 people out of their houses, Liberian authorities told IRIN."

Project Narwei


	May 27, 2009 Donors, members, supporters, and friends, the LEADER Fund would like to bring greetings to you, your family and your friends. We sincerely thank you for your contributions and appreciate all the support we have gotten from our members, supporters on the ground in Liberia, and especially our donors. At this time, we would like to take an opportunity to update you on all our efforts and to inform you of our upcoming endeavors.