You Can Prevent the Spread of Ebola & Support Liberia’s Most Vulnerable Population

“The prison population is engulfed with grave fear that one of their friend inmates could be affected with Ebola and the entire population may suffer greatly from the outbreak.”

-  Reverend Francis Kollie, Executive Director of Prison Fellowship Liberia.

With the rapid spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, the country’s most vulnerable population, the prisoners in the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) and surrounding regional prisons, are in very serious danger of contracting the virus. Over 86% of these men and women have yet to be charged with a crime and may even be innocent! Liberia lacks the means to hold speedy and efficient trials, and pre-trial detainees are forced to endure abhorrent conditions. “Liberia’s prisons are so poor that they violate basic human rights. Prison inmates are crowded into dark, dirty cells without adequate food, sanitation or health care.”¹

The prisons do not have the capacity to contain the Ebola virus if it enters, and the death toll would be enormous. Therefore, the only real preventative measure that we can take at this time is to supply the prisons with infrared temperature testing equipment to stop Ebola-infected individuals from entering the facilities.

In early August, we sent $2,000 in Emergency Funds to Prison Fellowship Liberia for the purchase of preventative hygienic materials to ensure the safety and security of the inmates in the most densely populated prisons across Liberia – these funds were not nearly enough!

We now turn to you to match this $2,000 and double our support to PFL by the end of September.

With your generous support in meeting our goal of $2,000, PFL will purchase the following essential and scarce items for the Monrovia Central Prison and surrounding regional prisons:

·  Temperature Testing Equipment, 24 pcs

·  Protective Gloves and Masks, 5,000 pcs 

·  Buckets, 250 pcs

·  Barrels, 100 pcs

·  Hand Sanitizers, 150 pcs

·  Chlorine, 175 kg

·  Soap (washing and bathing), 50 cartoons

·  Towels, 60 dozens

·  Water Purification Tablets, 24 cartoons

We are so grateful for your time and attention. Every donation amount is greatly appreciated and essential. Please continue to support this campaign by sending this link to your friends and family!

Additional Information :

¹ Link: Amnesty International 2011 Report: “Good Intentions are Not Enough: The Struggle to Reform Liberia’s Prisons.

Link: World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola Virus Disease Update – West Africa, 8 August 2014

All tax deductible donations for this project will be sent directly to Prison Fellowship Liberia. EWMI does not retain any overhead on these donations. Please note that Indiegogo deducts fees from all donations: http://www.indiegogo.com/features-for-nonprofits.

Prison Fellowship Liberia is a non-governmental organization supporting former prisoners, pre-trial detainees, and their families in Monrovia, Liberia.  PFL also works directly with communities to reduce mob justice by training local mediators to resolve disputes. Please visit PFL’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pfliberia.

East-West Management Institute works around the globe to build accountable, capable and transparent institutions (www.ewmi.org).  EWMI has been working with PFL since 2008 to promote community-based reconciliation. 

East-West Management Institute qualifies as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501 (c) (3) of the US Internal Revenue Code as amended.  All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of US Law.  Our Federal Tax ID # is 13-3586432.