Press Release
Alfalit Liberia in collaboration with funding from Alfalit International distributed 3000 locally produced facemasks to huge market sites and among several community based groups in Montserrado County, considered as the epicenter of COVID-19 in Liberia.
Beneficiaries of the distribution include Duport Road, ELWA Junction and Old Road Markets as well as several youth groups and other community based organizations.
The Acting Executive Director of Alfalit Liberia, Rev. Jerome Williams said, so far his organization has placed in the hands of worshippers, marketers and community dwellers in Margibi and Montserrado 3000 local masks and over 5000 flyers containing essential pieces of information on COVID-19 prevention.
More than 10 churches benefited from the distribution since worship was official declared opened by President George Weah on 17 May. Those Churches include New Jerusalem Church in Pipeline, Paynesville; Abraham Wher United Methodist Church in densely populated Red Light Community, Paynesville, Repentance Baptist in Police Academy and African Gospel League Church in Dolo Town, Margibi County.
The distribution also covered the following Community based organizations (CBOs), Just A Girl Initiative in Duahzon, Cowfield Women Development Organization of Duport Road Community, Bright Liberia in Caldwell Community and Agro-Tech Liberia Mount Baclay in Paynesville.
Alfalit Liberia Executive Director Rev. Jerome Williams in the process of distributing the facemask said Alfalit was concerned about the safety of communities and the Liberian populace amid the contagious COVID-19 that that has already contracted nearly 300 persons and rendered 27 dead as of June 1 2020 in Liberia.
Director Williams conveyed the love and care of Alfalit International Liberia which has been expressed in the support of literacy, job skills and educational support programs through Alfalit Liberia in more than 10 years. “ As much as the pandemic is a global issue that equally affects Alfalit International like any institutions the world over, the leadership of Alfalit International thought to express a sign of safety by sponsoring the production of local facemasks for community dwellers who frequent public services like markets and church services”, Rev. Williams said.
He commended the Skill Training Program of Alfalit Liberia for the production of the consignment of asks, and asked beneficiaries to kindly keep their facemasks on in public spaces.
He said God is keeping Liberia from being badly hit by COVID-19 like most countries in the West African Sub-Region. “We therefore need to be wise like serpent, the Bible says, to follow instructions and keep safe in adherence to what the Public Health Experts are telling us to do”.
He also informed the program beneficiaries on the intent of the Manamgement of Alfalit that resume literacy education once the Liberian Government through the Ministry of Education permits depending on the state of affairs of the country under the State of Emergency declared by the President of Liberia.