Restoring Healthcare to Women and Girls in Liberia

Each December we have a Children's Outreach to reach those most in need in Margibi County Liberia with food and used clothing shipped from the US.  We are pleased to announce that we were able to feed over 1,000 children at the Outreach this year.  

In addition our Community Health Workers are out in full force (after the COVID lockdown) providing medical care in the 36 communities we serve.  To date there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Margibi County.  Our CHWs continue to wear PPE to protect themselves and the clients they see.

We’re excited to be in our 10^th year since the founding of The Foundation for Restoring Women’s Healthcare to Liberia, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) on August 11^, 2011.  We do business as Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia (HWHL) so that name may be more familiar to you.  We are thankful for all that has transpired in these 10 years thanks to the leadership of our Medical Director Dr. Christina Hena MD and the founding members of our Board of Directors including cofounder Dr. Marcella Ruch PhD who remains on our current Board roster.  Our Waterfield Primary Healthcare Center (WPHCC) in Kakata, Margibi County Liberia was dedicated on August 12, 2016 and now in addition to examination rooms, our facility contains a lab, a pharmacy, an ultrasound, a full dental suite, an eye care center, an electrocardiogram machine and a canteen.  We’re also grateful for the work our team of 12 Community Health Workers (CHWs) who reach 36 communities surrounding  Kakata with health and hygiene education, vitamin and worm medication distribution, blood pressure checks and more.  Throughout these years of growth our vision remains constant:  To transform communities using community-based health care models for medical and dental care through education and services primarily focused on women and children.

Good news!  Our Community Health Workers serve residents in 37 communities surrounding HWHL's home base in Kakata Liberia. Until recently our CHWs have been sequestered at the clinic due to COVID-19. We're thrilled that as of August they are finally back serving their communities complete with appropriate PPE. See photo of the CHWs interacting with residents of the outlying villages.

Our new Dental Suite opened for patients in September,  A dentist is currently on site 3 days a week.  Basic dental care saves lives in this, the only dental facility in Margibi County.

We wanted to share this heartwarming story of God at work. In June a team of people came together in Pennsylvania to pack over 300 boxes of medical supplies, exam tables, Geri chairs, crutches, canes, wheelchairs and more for HWHL. Those supplies have arrived safely in Liberia and are being distributed by our Community Health Workers in the Margibi County villages we serve. We just received these pictures of a remarkable man who was the recipient of one of the wheelchairs. As you can see, he does not have use of his legs and propels himself using flip-flops on his hands. Here he is receiving his wheelchair. That smile says it all. God is so good! What an honor it is to be a small part of this ministry changing lives in Liberia.

Your ongoing donations through GlobalGiving allow us to continue and expand our medical services to the people of Margibi County LIberia.