Nanbo and Kporzu Towns get WASH facilities The Liberia National Red Cross (LNRC) with assistance from the Japanese government through the International Red Cross has provided 30 hand pumps, to supply safe drinking water to Nanbo and Kporzu Towns, located in Lower Margibi County, right off the RIA (Roberts International Airport) highway.
The assistance came through a LNRC project titled: ‘Enhancing Response and Recovery capacity and support to the Population affected by Floods in Margibi and Montserrado counties.’ The US$539,729 project targeted 31 communities in the two counties.
In Margibi, 98 families received cement, zinc, and planks.
What they have done for us only God will pay that.
Our people have been dying of diarrhea and another sickness because of the bad water.
We don’t even know how to say thank you to Red Cross,” said Nanbo Town Chief, James Gboto.
“Since I started knowing myself, this is where we have been drinking from.
It is not enough, but we’ve been managing because we have no other alternative.” Nanbo has over 250 dwellers and is among several other towns in the area that has lacked access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).
We have been suffering for a very long time,” Town Chief James Gboto said.
“We also set up a mechanism to make communities prepare for and take action in response to future alerts and threats of flooding.” Meanwhile what is lacking now is health centers in the two communities.