The Southeast of Liberia is widely known for being underdeveloped. The socio-economic condition which characterizes the landscape places marginalized groups like women, children, unskilled youth, persons with disabilities, and migrants at a disadvantage. The current conditions of these marginalized groups…
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The ratio of extension officers to farmers in Liberia’s Southeast ranges between 1: 15000–30000, This results in minimal assistance and inadequate training on good agricultural practices (GAPs) for farmers. CASTRAP baseline survey conducted in 2021 in the Liberia Southeast counties…
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Three VSLAs formed in Dago, Mumford, and Akra gathered to share, with much excitement, their weekly contributions that lasted for 9 months. ‘Nkwagye Firi Ewuradze’, ‘Abotrɛ’ and ‘United we Stand’ VSLAs from Dago, Mumford, and Akra respectively raised a total…
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What a joyous occasion it was for the ‘Ebenezer’, ‘Kuroyε’ and ‘Ɔkyɛso’ Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) as members of these groups lined up to receive their monies. These three groups have completed their first VSLA cycle and had…
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Today, CERATH Development Organization (CDO) received unexpected guests from Mumford, one of the Power to the Fishers beneficiary communities. Madam Adjoa Bedu, the ‘konkohemaa’ (lead fishmonger) of Mumford, and her assistant, Madam Charity Manso, visited the CDO office in Accra.…
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After 180 days of savings, 13 Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) formed under the EU-funded Power to the Fishers (PTF) project have managed to raise Gh¢75,265. These were information captured as part of data collection on 180 days (6…
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In the last week of November 2021, a reconnaissance visit to PTF communities was organized for the student researchers from the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) of the University of Cape Coast. This activity follows the recruitment of graduate students…
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“Visualize a 9-year-old girl who wakes up in the middle of the night to attend to nature’s call and has to walk to a public toilet outside of her compound or to a nearby bush. Imagine the possible dangers and…
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The Power to the Fishers project has commenced the operationalization of its constructed fish processing centres. Under the first phase of operationalization, the project team is piloting 3 centres out of the 6 that have been built. These 3 centres…
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To assess the level of the implementation of the EU-funded Coconut Waste Project (COWAP), the European Union Delegation (EUD) to Ghana visited the COWAP team on the 9th of November, 2021. The visit commenced with a discussion between the representatives…
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