Lofa County Resilience Network Working Group

inprofiledaily.com - by mulbah - June 23, 2015

Reports from Lofa County say citizens and residents are living in fears due to the outbreak of an unknown disease that has killed more than 800 cattle so far.

According to the reports, the cattle, including goats and sheep are said to have died in seven towns and villages in Quadu-Gboni and Voinjama Districts.

Some of the affected town and villages so far include: Barkedu, Marvie Konnedu, Betijema and Sarkonnedu.
The citizens are alarming that the unknown disease could also affect human beings and spread to other parts of the county as well as Liberia if nothing is done urgently to fight it.

Meanwhile, the Public Health Supervisor for Lofa County Health Team, William Sherman, has warned citizens of the county and Liberia as a whole against buying meat from goats, sheep and other domestic animals since the cause of the cattle's death is still unknown.

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Liberia: Two-Hour School in Lofa County - Students in Class 8-10am

allafrica.com - By Mae Azango - June 10, 2015

Children in Gorlu, Salayea District Lofa County, are only in school two hours a day, or not in school at all. The reason? Their teachers are either running behind their salaries, or volunteer teachers are trying to get their names on the government's payroll. . . .

. . . The situation of teachers leaving the classrooms and running behind salaries, and lack of qualified teachers to teach the children in rural Liberia, is not only restricted to Lofa County, but nearly all of the fifteen counties in Liberia. With the situation becoming increasingly alarming and dreadful, the government has also witnessed aggrieved health workers also on the streets demanding the Ebola risk benefits as well.

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