CONCERNED CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY (CCC Liberia)

The Concerned Christian Communtily Projects Actitivies of 2008 CCC

 

Introduction:

With Liberia in the reconstruction and recovery process, citizens and residents are still faced with a lot of problems. Poverty is on the increase with most Liberians living on less than a dollar (United States Dollars) a day. The Government of Liberia still has a lot of work to do in revamping all sectors of the country as they are all in down trodden state. Heads of many Liberia families are unskilled hence they are not able to provide basic necessities for family members.  In these cases, women and children are the worst affected and are vulnerable to all kinds of abuses.

Local and International partners of Liberia have been working to alleviate some of these problems. The Concerned Christian Community, a local partner that has been rendering humanitarian and transition services to Liberians for eighteen years now is one of the local partners that have been working to alleviate some of these problems. CCC during the period under review (2008), with funding from her international partners has been engaged in transition activities. These include, skills training, construction, micro-entrepreneurship, etc

 

Construction:

CCC with assistance from UNDP and ICCO/Kerkinactie constructed market halls in Barkidu in Lofa County and Todee in Montserrado County. These two markets currently serve about ten thousand marketers. CCC also rehabilitated a junior high school building in Barkidu with assistance from UNDP. With additional assistance form ICCO, CCC constructed four handpumps and four latrines in the Artthington area.  

Training 

CCC trained two hundred and fifty women and girls in soapmaking, tailoring, cosmetology, pastry and tie and dye. Most of these trainees are now working in groups to earn their living. Two of them have even been contracted by CCC as teachers for ongoing trainings. Locations of these trainings are: Gohngbaye and Goba Town in Montserrado County and Harbel in Margibi County. 

Medical

Our mobile clinic which operated in Gohngbaye and surrounding villages received, examined and treated one thousand, five hundred cases (visits and revisits). Malaria registered the highest number of cases followed by urinary tract infection and injury registered the lowest number of cases.Please see EPI chart below  

Annual Epidemiological Report

Trauma Healing activities were concomitantly carried out with the medical activities.

 

Micro Loan

This empowerment exercise was carried out in Goba Town in Todee District; Gongbe in the Arthington Area in Montserrado County and Harbel in Lower Margibi County. Sixty women benefited from this empowerment process. 
 
 
Agriculture

With support from Presbyterian Hunger Program, CCC gave support in tools, seeds and shelter support to four farming groups in Beajah, Klay and Tubmanburg, all in Bomi County.  
 
 
WORKSHOPS

Two major workshops were held in the year: rural women in leadership training in February 2008 held in Tubmanburg, Bomi County and seminar on Psychosocial Services (Trauma Healing, HIV Aids, Gender Based violence (GBV), Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), and  the rights of the woman) was held in Gongbe, Montserrado County. A total of 100 (one hundred) women and a handful of men participated in the workshops. 
 
 

Limited Material Relief

Twice in the year food and non-food items were distributed in Gongbe, and Tubmanburg, in Montserrado and Bomi counties respectively. Items included canned foods, Health Kits, blankets, new baby kits and school kits were distributed to three thousand beneficiaries. Churches and Mosques in and around Monrovia also benefited. 

Conclusion:

CCC has her origins in Tubmanburg, Bomi County, rural Liberia. This rural character forced it to be every thing to every body in the war years: distributed Food and non-Aid in partnership with WFP. CFGB, CWS, etc. managed displaced camps and received refugees in partnership with UNHCR etc.

CCC transition activities has been in the area of  Skills training, provision of Public Health Services (Water and sanitation) Economic Empowerment (Agriculture and Micro entrepreneurship) and psychosocial Services, medical Services and some material assistance were given to vulnerable female household heads, children and the churches in Monrovia and adjacent parts. 

Brief History of CCC

Formation

CCC was formed on December 14, 1990 by churches in the provincial city of Tubmanburg, Bomi county, southwestern Liberia. It took on a regional character when the Ghana program came into existence in year 2003. The Organization became everything to everybody in Liberia among the fleeing populations and in Ghana among refugees.  
 
 
Past and Present Activities

Past 

CCC partnered WFP in the distribution of over 30,000mt food aid to over three hundred thousand (300,000) internally displaced persons and refugees throughout the southwestern region of Liberia. The second round of distribution was in partnership with Dorcas Aid International (DAI), Church World Service (CWS), Canadian Food Grains Bank/Church Reformed World Relief Committee (CFGB/CRWRC), etc. The Ghana program works in partnership with Church World Service (CWS), USA.

Displaced Camps management which was another major activity in the war period was carried on in partnership with UNHCR. A Community Awakening Project (meant to sensitize Liberians on their rights and responsibilities as communities, electoral laws, processes, etc.) was also been completed. 
 
Present

Awareness programs on Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, Gender Based/general violence, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, civic education and electoral procedures are the things we do now. Others activities are skills training and Agriculture.