I travelled to Liberia last December and March with FACE Africa. During my stay, I got to know Liberia and Liberian people.
To get to witness people's lives is a privilege. I am grateful for every assignment I get, to drop in to people's life, and I am more grateful when they receive me. Now it's my turn to tell a story about people I meet. I am not a writer. But I can show you my experience through my photographs. Please keep them in your prayer during this difficult time.
Liberia
Kpor Town, Liberia
I am working in Kpor town, Liberia with FACE Africa, Non-Profit Organization. FACE Africa funds and supports sustainable clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Liberia. Kpor town is a village, located about 40minutes drive out of Monrovia, a capital city of Liberia. There is no infrastructure for clean running water in Liberia. This open creek is the current source of drinking water in Kpor town. 800 million people globally lack access to safe water supply sources with 350 million people in Africa alone affected everyday. The health implications are staggering. 2 million people die every year due to water-borne diarrheal diseases, most of them children under the age of 5. The World Bank estimates that water-related illnesses kill more African children under age five than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. Here is a quick video clip of close up of water from the open creek in Kpor town. The video was shot 6 days ago.
今リベリアのポアタウン(Kpor town) というところにお仕事できています。長く続いた内戦のため、リベリアには水道設備が整っておらず、ポアタウンの人たちはこの森の中の沼のような写真のように小川から飲料水を含む、生活用水をバケツで1日に何回も輸送して生活しています。私が撮影している団体はフェイスアフリカといい、ライベリアを主にサブサハラアフリカにて手漕ぎ井戸を建設しています。この ビデオは飲料水を含む生活用水源であるポータウンの小川のクロースアップです。世界では8億人の人々が綺麗な水へのアクセスがありません。その数はアフリカだけで3.5億人いるといわれています。毎年2億人の人々が清潔な水がないため、病気にかかり亡くなっています。汚い生活用水のためになくなる5歳以下の幼児の人口はエイズ、麻疹、マラリアを合わせた統計よりも多いという悲しい現実があります。