El Meson Hotel Monrovia

... to malaria medication, ALL of the donations were so appreciated. Dr. Braima in particular appreciates the hand made baby blankets because the birth mothers have an incentive to come to the clinic to deliver their baby (yes, a birth mom will come to the clinic to get a blanket for their baby!) The remainder of the day was spent interviewing and observing children that might be ...

We attended our first Liberian church service today; what an amazing experience! The singing, dancing, shouting, and praises to the Lord were inspiring. We both unexpectantly "got" to speak to the church congregation; we both cried.... The church was very grateful for all the donations we brought for the orphans and they blessed us and the work we do. They prayed specifically for Hope to do well to be able to continue our work. After church and lunch we began unloading and ...

... program for food, school, education and health care. This would be one to one correspondance with a child that you help support in orphanage care. This is a great opportunity to educate your children about the world's needs and how they can make a difference. You or your children can sponsor a little ...

... before. We later learned that it was common and not a big deal but with the President here it was a little alarming. Rosie told us the that the U.N. gaurds stormed the restaurant where the President was eating but all was fine. We later learned it was a generator issue from the Assistant Mananger, Rabir. Everything in this city runs on generators so each ...

... two days and came back this evening. While I was there we went to a fish harvesting in one town and also filmed some of sand filters and agricultural projects involving sheep and goats in another town. I must say that it was rather hilarious watching the film crew try to inform the natives of what they wanted them to do, especially when it involved the goats. I think there were like 20 takes of a man saying, "Thank you for the goat!" While I'm in Liberia I will be ...

... nice!  last night had dinner with some colleagues - awesome food, i ate a ton.  tried the specialty here - pototo greens... yum!  today was great - went to a beach party!  hosted by the marines.  it was really nice to walk in the sand, see and hear the waves of the ocean, have food and drinks, watch a volleyball game, chat w/ people... they even ...

tonight marked the return of public enemy #1. or at least sharon's enemy #1. yes thats right. the big scary nasty cockroach from night 1. my hopes of the last few days that it'd gone away forever were instantly crushed the moment i saw it scamper across the kitchen floor when i went in to wash my dinner plate. eek! what to do, what to do... i talked myself into attempting to kill it. i very ingeniously ...

my first full day. MLK day. dad's bday! an official holiday but we went in anyways, which was great b/c we got to sit and talk and get organized w/o the craziness of a usual day. for lunch we went into town - on our way out onto the street we nearly walked into a huge group of police offers - marching through the street, dressed in uniform, carrying shields and everything. they were followed by a UNMIL car. we think they were liberian police in ...

... as the water coming out of the showerhead was diminishing with time and eventually got to a trickle! thankfully it all worked out and I didn't get stranded w/ shampoo in my hair or anything. anyway... tomorrow is MLK day and the mission is officially closed but most people will be working (they work so hard here! it was nearly 10:30 when she came to meet us at the embassy lobby and she said she had been working!). we're supposed to be there at 9:30... I'm off!

... electricity s**vice to businesses and social institutions in two areas of Monrovia, which contain about 25% (190,000) of the city's population, and provision of 272 streetlights. The streetlights hold political significance; during h** inaugural address on January 16, 2006, President Johnson-Sirleaf promised to bring electricity to Monrovia within h** first 150 days in office. The successful commencement of electricity supply on ...