3 out of 10 girls in Liberia will get pregnant before secondary school. Developing a solution to Liberia’s teenage pregnancy problems and achieving #Sdg3@UNLEASHlab 2019 has been most rewarding experience. Just getting more excited about our solution .
I am excited to share that my latest article based on a research I conducted in central Liberia has been published in @ISS_Blog . In this article I argued that Liberia’s illiteracy may be linked to factors other than the war and its aftermath.
New Blog Post📢
The prolonged civil war in Liberia left deep wounds that the country is still working to heal. Despite interventions, low literacy rates persist — but the war and its aftermath may not be the only reasons.
Read the full article here: https://t.co/COFUZ7yFYj
Excited, grateful and honor to share that I am a recipient of this year @GDNint ORD award! Very Humble to be in the position of conducting potentially Liberia’s first disaster governance research.
#disaster#governance#Liberia#COVID19#humanitarian
🎉Congratulations to the third place winner of the Global Development Awards Competition 2022 for Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development! @CGorpudolo
To mark #InternationalWomensDay, we’re showcasing the blog articles on women’s struggles for gender equality that we’ve published on Bliss over the past 5 years. We hope they inspire you.
Happy International Women’s Day!
Read up 👇
https://t.co/0TO3yts57G
@issnl#BlissIWD2023
Meet Christo Gorpudolo. She is a #UNVolunteer working on Crisis-Risk Dashboard for @UNDPLiberia - an innovative digital platform that allows monitoring & analysis of risks to development.
"It will be used by 18 @UN country offices in #Liberia to monitor #SDGs gains" #TandemTeams
Under the #TandemTeams initiative @UNVolunteers are working in tandem with @UNDP local staff and #SURGE Advisors in #crisis zones across the globe. Meet four of them here: https://t.co/RZ03PpDDoZ
The @UNDP-UNV #TandemTeams bridges international experts and national #UNVolunteers.
Under this initiative, UN Volunteers team up with UNDP local staff and #SURGE Advisors in crisis zones all across the globe 🌎
Meet our four UN Volunteers 🔽
https://t.co/OyRJSJLQ7R
Come and listen to stories from all over the world. World Storytelling at ISS on 16 June for which we team up with @writersunlimitd in The Hague.
Listen, enjoy or participate!
@HumanityHub @CityOfTheHague @ADDenHaag@DenHaagCentraal
https://t.co/jWLsnRjdzS
Healthy #forests🌳 are essential for a healthy planet 🌏. And many countries are stepping up forest conservation and restoration.
As #EarthDay approaches, see how 5⃣ countries are taking action: https://t.co/9Iq9nMY3FZ
Sustainable development must shift from a "free" to "business" model. So much #aid has come into Liberia but projects fall apart after completion for lack of maintenance. A business model gives incentive to maintain projects for the long term - Lucia Paye Lehleh #stockholm50
We are looking to hire two national consultants to support the formulation of an accelerated #community development project.
For more information, and to apply, visit https://t.co/n52jYwK7zb
Our Reg. Director @ahunnaeziakonwa closing our regional cluster meeting & reminding us that good leaders fall in love with the people they serve, not with their own power or position. Now we head back to our countries 2 serve & deliver 4 the people of #Africa. #FutureSmartAfrica
At the same time the attack sharply highlights the urgent need to address the plight of unemployed youth and the drug abuse menace in the country. We remain ever ready to explore and support possible solutions with the Government and people of #Liberia.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia and the United Nations Country Team are profoundly saddened by the lives lost and injuries sustained during the tragic event in New Kru Town today. We wish to express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.