163 Women graduated in Vocational Skills

163 Women have graduatted from Youth Center for Wome's Empowerment in Liberia. The women mainly drawn from the slum community of west point were awarded certificates for completing courses in Tailoring, Hairdressing, Jewelry Making, Computer, photography, Adult Literacy, soap making, baking, and interior decoration.

The graduation ceremony took place on 4th June 2009. Women who had gone through the program graduated with new skills and capital to start up a businesses.

The occassion was also used to encouraged women to join the exercise in helping to rebuild post war Liberia.

Liberians prepares for “Global Aids Week of Action (GAWA-2009)”

The Candle Light Memorial Service under the Global Aids week of Action will next week Sunday the 17^th of May be hosting this year’s Candle Light Memorial Service in honor of those that have lost their lives due to HIV and AIDS and to sympathize with the affected and infected. This all important event will begins on the night of Sunday 17^th of May at 6 o’clock pm by lighting candles and a solidarity march to the St. Peters Lutheran Church on 14^th street sinkor. Participants and well wishers will attach names of those on them that have died due to the epidemic.

After this event on Sunday, Monday May 18^th will be a Community Outreach Day beginning from 9am-4pm. Tuesday May 19^th continuation of the Community Outreach follow by a Radio Talk Show at all Media Houses. Wednesday 20^th May will be a Debate amongst Anti-Aids Clubs Students from various schools in the Montserrado Province. Thursday 21^st of May will be a round table discussion at the Light Association office in Duport Road Paynesville beginning 9am – 4pm. And finally on the 22^nd of May, will be a general parade through the principal’s streets of Monrovia to the Capital Building where a Position Statement on Stigma & Discrimination will be presented on behave of People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) to the law makers to be pass.

First Saturday of every month Declares "CLEAN UP DAY"

The president of Liberian, Her Exce. Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declares the first saturday of every month a Clean Up Exercise Day to be observe throughout Monrovia, and the Montserado provience. This came in the wake of her monthly cabinate meeting held on Wednesday the 29th of April 2009. The President stress that the city needs to have a face lift as gabbages are seen all over the streets, market places, and side walks. This was observed today the 2nd of May 2009 for the first time in the history of Liberia. Liberians were seeing "cleaning up" all parts of their environment as the government task force team monitor events in every community and suburb.

Youths tirelessly awaits Government on National Youth Policy Bill

The Federation of Liberian Youths (FLY) on the 24th of April, 2009 hosted a general called meeting of seventy eight (78) Youth Groups Organization in the Montserrado provience. The meeting was aim at validating mapping up report, briefing of FLY's activities, opening mapping-up window which will begins on (May 1-30, 2009), and finally the status on the National Youth Policy Bill (NYPB) proposed action.

The meeting was attended by executives of FLY which included the first vice president Mr. Augustus Zazay, General Secretary Mr. Marcus Wah, and member Organizations of FLY. 

Mr. Zazay urges Youths to identify permanant issues araising from their various communities which will be review by FLY and subsiquently supported if need be. 

In regards to the NYPB, the President said "We have being asking and appealing to government since three (3) years now to pass this bill on Youth Policy but to no avail, this thing is like giving your petition to someone to help you pass it who doesn't have interest in you. Quit recently this same NYPB was given to the Hon. Minister of Information Mr. Bropleh who said he will do everything in his power to convade the petition to the President Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on her visit in the United States, so we are still awaiting their arrival." President Zazay also said, if the effort fail this time around and the NYPB is not pass into law, the Youths of this country will have no alternative but to take further action. Some youth(s) groups expressed that what is leading to the delay of government in passing this bill is due to the weakness and deplomatic approach of FLY. "Sometimes there are radical action which needs to be taken by the Youths to PUSH government to the wall in other to move" said Andrew Wilson a youth group leader from the Township of Caldwell, Bushrod Island.

Briefing on FLY's activities in the country, Mr. Zayzay said FLY is now operating in nine (9) of the 15 counties of Liberia. Motorbikes and other logistics were given to County Youth Coordinators assigned in those counties to coordinate and monitor activities ongoing. Moreover, FLY is trying to fine out through research on the high engagement of Police brutality by youths around the country where Police station were burn down to ashes by angry Youths. "There's a need that a training/workshop be conducted throughout the 15 counties with Youths and Police under the same roof inother to come out with findings on what has being the root cause to such actrocities carry out by Youths."

In conclusion, Youths share their views on machinism that can be put in place to get the National Youth Policy Bill pass by the house of legislature, as officials of FLY seeks permation for adequate time to come out with a better solution on how to tackle the issue of the bill.