Atlantis Guest House Monrovia

We had a meeting first thing this morning with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. It went very well and Dawn connected with the Asst. Director, who is basically the CPS worker of Liberia. GOOD NEWS!: The missing bag of humanitarian aid donations was recovered! We tried to register our passports at the American Embassy ...

We shopped today for humanitarian aid items such as pencils, notebooks and toys for the children such as dolls and balls. The market was crowded and hot. We met with Bishop Cox, Fatu, the Dr., Peter Davis, Kotte Sr. and Jr., and the director of vocational services. We had a good meeting and the team ...

Today we met with the team at Rock Children Services; Bishop Rosie Cox, Pastor Kotte Jr., William Kotee, and Dr. Braima the medical director. We met to discuss how adoption fits into the overall mission of RCS. Bishop Cox and her team were well organized and had well thought out plans. Bishop Cox is also involved in a water project to build ...

... heard anything regarding those possibilities. Lately I've been working in Monrovia after having spent a few weeks in Bopolu and a week back in Foya this month. I've been busy working to get things done and wrapped up before I leave. Nothing special, just putting together an overview and evaluation of the BioSand Filter Program here in Liberia. It's been an incredible experience working here. I've learned a ...

... ex-pats participating... running and then drinking. there was a pretty big contingent that walked so opted for that. it was really neat - we walked through this neighborhood, basically through people's frontyards and backyards and on the little path between their homes... and everyone was so friendly! people were out, or would come out, and stand there ...

... for some pics. so cute! i'm always touched by seeing kids... their future is here in this country (probably) - they should have the opportunity for a good life, like the rest of us... i've actually seen a lot of adorable kids out on the street. the cutest are the 2-3 yr olds... (what they're doing out on the street i'm not sure). oi.

... bring people out of poverty, illiteracy... anyway... onto the embassy/USAID compound, where we met the woman with whom i'll be working most closely. we went to the hotel down the street (the only hotel in the city that U.S. government (USG) employees are allowed to stay at) to grab some food (Lebanese shwarmas) and took them back to our apartment (I'm staying in housing for visiting USG employees)... after lugging my stuff up several flights of stairs ...

... on USAID's work in Lib**ia, though its probably a little outdated: http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saha ran_africa/countries/ lib**ia/ While I'm out h**e, i'm hoping to get out and see some en**gy project sites. USAID is supporting two big en**gy projects in Lib**ia. One is the Em**gency Pow** Program (EPP) which is providing electricity supply, on a full cost recov**y basis, including network rehabilitation and maintenance, for ...

I'm in the middle of my second week in Liberia and the excitement of going on an adventure has worn off. It's hot and humid, and there's no reliable running water. I've stood under a running shower only twice in the last eleven days, and for only 3-4 minutes each time. I've been taking sink baths from a bucket of water drawn from a well most mornings. My personal plumbing has voiced strong objections to ...

"Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said when got into the car. "Praise God, thank you Jesus," he said again when he stopped the car and got out. John Kpewoan has good reason to thank God over and over again when he gets in and out of his pickup here in Liberia. Monrovia is far and away the scene of the most chaotic auto dance that I've been privileged to take part in. Swarms of houseflies act in more predictable ...