Needed a line of trust for care

Over 4,000 have died from Ebola

The focus in Liberia right now is on newest outbreak of Ebola. Here is a house where one of the latest cases were found. It looks like a two room design mud stick house. Polls would be placed close together. Mud would be made from local termite hills. Mixed with water it would make a good cement. The mud then would be applied to fill the gaps between the sticks and then smoothed over to make a mud wall. Here they would put fiberglass or tin roof with an overlay for Shade and water runoff. The house could last for 15 years.

Termite Hill

Notice if you will there is no grass around the house. The reason for the lack of grass or garden is to help prevent driver ants (flesh eating) and venomous snakes from easy access into the home. The outside of this house has been plastered and given a white wash. The kitchen is outside as well as the bathroom. You can see how they dry their clothes using the roof. In the rainy season after the first rain, water would be collected for use. It would be probable they have an extended family living here. I am still collecting information about the pay of the Liberian who finds work. Could you live on a dollar and a half a day? If a minimum wage was three dollars a day how would you get by?, Keep in mind that you will have to pay income tax, social security tax and property tax and sales tax.

mud stick construction

For most Liberians $1.50-$3.00 would be good pay. Better paying jobs go to foreigners or those willing and able to bribe for work. How difficult would it be to get healthcare? Liberians have moved from rural areas to larger towns for security reasons. Their ability to live as farmers and off the land has decreased.
It is imperative that education and healthcare improve. Liberians need the skills to run their own lives. They need access to professional healthcare and services. There needs to be a line of trust from the charity, to the delivery to the provider, to the one in need. Right now the chain of trust has many broken links. We have to think through these things if things are going to get better. Keep walking.