Reports

World Vision has delivered two large truckloads of maize meal -- 504 50-kg. bags -- to a community of nearly 7,000 displaced people on the outskirts of Monrovia, who hadn't received any food aid in the past four months. The…

I. GENERAL SITUATION The general atmosphere around Monrovia remains stable with a few reported incidents. The civilian population has been urged to be vigilant and to report cases of intimidation or harassment. II. Humanitarian Situation The Humanitarian community through OCHA has planned…

Update of the ITCZ Position During the period from August 11-20, 2003, the African portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone appeared to begin its transition southward, as the longitudinal averaged dekadal position was located around a full…

MONROVIA, Liberia - A WV-chartered DC8 cargo plane filled with relief goods touched down at Roberts International Airport outside Monrovia at 15:45 Sunday. The plane landed in a heavy tropical downpour that continued well into the evening as the 28.3-metric-tonne cargo…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #7, dated August 20, 2003. BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent…

Monrovia, 26 August 2003 - As a second food ship reaches the port of Monrovia, WFP has appealed for urgent food donations to prevent half a million Liberians going hungry In the past week, the Agency and its partners have…

Full plane load with 63 tons of relief materials arrives in Monrovia today. MSF currently has 30 international and over 300 Liberian staff members - in addition to 600 MSF-supported public health workers - working in Liberia. Monrovia - MSF…

Caritas Liberia, the sister agency of CAFOD, distributed desperately needed food to newly displaced persons along the highway between Monrovia and Gbarnga last weekend, with the help of the World Food Programme (WFP). They continued their efforts until Zeinzu, a…

World Vision Liberia (WVL) has served an estimated total of 10,000 beneficiaries (family members) with 75 metric tonnes of maize meal distributed at three centres for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Monrovia. The distributions were temporarily suspended in July due…

Caritas Liberia, the relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in Liberia, distributed high energy biscuits to newly displaced persons along the highway between Monrovia and Gbarnga last weekend, with the help of the World Food Programme (WFP).…