ActionAid Liberia and Partners to Receive New Vehicles and Motorbikes for Women’s Empowerment Work
This is part of the project’s logistics and mobility support. A total of 22 motorbikes and four vehicles will soon be handed over to LWEP service providers by the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP),
ActionAid Liberia is set to receive a brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser and motorbikes to support its implementation of the Liberia Women Empowerment Project (LWEP), a project which aimed at advancing the rights and livelihoods of women and girls across Liberia.
This is part of the project’s logistics and mobility support. A total of 22 motorbikes and four vehicles will soon be handed over to LWEP service providers by the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP), the main implementing body of the LWEP, with support from the World Bank.
Of the two 4 vehicles, 2 will be presented to the lead service provider, Plan International while ActionAid Liberia, and the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) will both receive one each.
A guided inspection of the vehicles and motorbikes was recently conducted, led by Plan International Liberia's Country Director, Madam Miriam Murray, and Mr. Abdullah Sheriff, Program Lead for LWEP at Plan. Representatives from partner organizations were also present.
Mr. Sheriff stated that the official handover of assets will follow verification and documentation processes by the General Services Agency (GSA).
Speaking during the asset inspection, ActionAid Liberia’s Country Director, Madam Elizabeth Gbah Johnson, expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Gender, and the World Bank, and Plan International for the logistical support.
Mr. Sheriff stated that the official handover of assets will follow verification and documentation processes by the General Services Agency (GSA).
Speaking during the asset inspection, ActionAid Liberia’s Country Director, Madam Elizabeth Gbah Johnson, expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Gender, and the World Bank, and Plan International for the logistical support.
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“To the Ministry of Gender and the management of Plan International Liberia we wholeheartedly welcome this support and assure you of our commitment to safeguard these items.”
Madam Johnson described the asses as vital to enabling the service providers or implementing organizations in achieving the goals and objectives of the projects, but especially in reaching the women and girls who are the primary target beneficiaries in hard to reach and remote places and promised to safeguard the assets that would be turned over to ActionAid Liberia soon.
“Rest assure that we will safeguard these items and whenever we are going in any of those counties where we are operating, we will use them.” ActionAid Liberia’s Country director said.
Madam Johnson described the asses as vital to enabling the service providers or implementing organizations in achieving the goals and objectives of the projects, but especially in reaching the women and girls who are the primary target beneficiaries in hard to reach and remote places and promised to safeguard the assets that would be turned over to ActionAid Liberia soon.
“Rest assure that we will safeguard these items and whenever we are going in any of those counties where we are operating, we will use them.” ActionAid Liberia’s Country director said.
ActionAid Liberia
The Liberia Women Empowerment Project (LWEP) is a 5-year World Bank funded project that seeks to enhance women's empowerment in Liberia by addressing restrictive social norms, improving access to livelihoods, and strengthening national institutions to support women and girls.
It comprises of five major components all aimed at empowering Liberian women from the grassroots, and across communities with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protecting serving as main implementing institution, alongside seven service other providers which includes; Medica Liberia, KEEP Liberia, Foundation for Children International, Foundation of Community Initiatives, the Catholic Relief Services, Plan International Liberia and ActionAid Liberia.
Component one of the project is being implemented by ActionAid Liberia. ActionAid Liberia as the lead implementing partner for Component 1 of the LWEP, which focuses on community mobilization and transforming harmful social norms. ActionAid applies uses that SASA (Start Awareness Support Action) to prevent GBV and encourage gender‑equitable social norms at the grassroots.
In the last few months, AAL has concluded the holding of the county-level orientations and establishment of the Grievance Redress Committees at the county level across the project counties; Montserrado, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, River Cess, Grand Gedeh and Gbarpolu. These communities’ engagements are all aimed at fostering local ownership, transparency, building trust in helping to ensure community stakeholders understand their roles in monitoring funds and implementation.
The Liberia Empowerment Project Women Empowerment project is deeply aligned with ActionAid Liberia’s mission of social justice, gender equality, and economic rights, emphasizing invisible and roles of communities in shifting power dynamics, and amplifying women’s voices within the development process of Liberia.
Component two focuses on health and education. With this component, the project is supporting women’s health rights and education activities to address local access to gender base violence (GBV) and support adolescent have access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) services promote girls education, and combat community engagement on social norms related to early marriage, pregnancy and girls’ education.
The third component, component 3 which focuses on economic and social empowerment, is providing women business training, life skills, and supports women-led livelihoods. Through small grants using a community-driven, group-based approach.
Component four institutional capacity building. The project is providing institutional capacity building for the Ministry of Gender, Children and social Protection, (MGCSP) the ministry of Agriculture, to enable them to better generate sex-disaggregated data and deliver gender-focused programs in line with Government of Liberia policies.
And Component five of the LWEP is about project & knowledge management which seeks to ensure coordination, oversight, monitoring, and learning. management, and knowledge management. It mostly finances the implementation, management, coordination and has oversight of the project.
It comprises of five major components all aimed at empowering Liberian women from the grassroots, and across communities with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protecting serving as main implementing institution, alongside seven service other providers which includes; Medica Liberia, KEEP Liberia, Foundation for Children International, Foundation of Community Initiatives, the Catholic Relief Services, Plan International Liberia and ActionAid Liberia.
Component one of the project is being implemented by ActionAid Liberia. ActionAid Liberia as the lead implementing partner for Component 1 of the LWEP, which focuses on community mobilization and transforming harmful social norms. ActionAid applies uses that SASA (Start Awareness Support Action) to prevent GBV and encourage gender‑equitable social norms at the grassroots.
In the last few months, AAL has concluded the holding of the county-level orientations and establishment of the Grievance Redress Committees at the county level across the project counties; Montserrado, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, River Cess, Grand Gedeh and Gbarpolu. These communities’ engagements are all aimed at fostering local ownership, transparency, building trust in helping to ensure community stakeholders understand their roles in monitoring funds and implementation.
The Liberia Empowerment Project Women Empowerment project is deeply aligned with ActionAid Liberia’s mission of social justice, gender equality, and economic rights, emphasizing invisible and roles of communities in shifting power dynamics, and amplifying women’s voices within the development process of Liberia.
Component two focuses on health and education. With this component, the project is supporting women’s health rights and education activities to address local access to gender base violence (GBV) and support adolescent have access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) services promote girls education, and combat community engagement on social norms related to early marriage, pregnancy and girls’ education.
The third component, component 3 which focuses on economic and social empowerment, is providing women business training, life skills, and supports women-led livelihoods. Through small grants using a community-driven, group-based approach.
Component four institutional capacity building. The project is providing institutional capacity building for the Ministry of Gender, Children and social Protection, (MGCSP) the ministry of Agriculture, to enable them to better generate sex-disaggregated data and deliver gender-focused programs in line with Government of Liberia policies.
And Component five of the LWEP is about project & knowledge management which seeks to ensure coordination, oversight, monitoring, and learning. management, and knowledge management. It mostly finances the implementation, management, coordination and has oversight of the project.
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