Culturally and language appropriate COVID-19 preventative awareness education was provided along with distribution of facial masks. In the awareness project started on May 16, 2020 and ended June 25, 2020. During awareness campaigns a total of 1600 masks were distributed to market women and residents in Harper City, Barriken, Pleebo City, Karloken, Cavalla and Barrabo District. In Cavalla, five communities -Big Town, Wlogoloken, Mission Town, Dololu and Yanlo were serviced with house to house awareness by the National Rural Women Association-Maryland Branch headed by Mario Dio, President. Volunteers for a Healthy Liberia headed by Theophilus Quaye conducted the masks and awareness activities for the other areas except Barrabo. The awareness and masks distribution for Barrabo were done by youths in Barraboo with help of Emmanuel Collin, TU Farm Manager who traveled to Harper to pickup the masks and back to Barrabo. |