Rotary club of harper district 9101 worldwide plea 16 aug 2014
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Rotary Club of Harper City District 9101, C77767 PO Box 2807, Monrovia, Liberia Email: [email protected] Telephone: +231 880 470 394 Service Above Self EBOLA VIRUS PREVENTION TO MARYLAND COUNTY… ACT NOW…YOUR HELP IS NEEDED The Rotary Club of Harper City (RCHC) is putting out a world-wide plea for help in its fight against the Ebola Virus Disease. As a humanitarian community service organization, RCHC, with approval from Maryland County, Liberia authorities, has committed to helping prevent the advance of the Ebola virus to the County. Liberia is one of the West African countries affected by the virus outbreak.. RCHC embarked on an awareness campaign to educate villagers. They had never even heard of the disease because of their remoteness, and the lack of a public radio station signal. RCHC volunteers have gone to the Kablaken and Whole Greway, Yekudi to the border of Cote I’voire, from Geabo to Fishtown, and of course also to Harper City. The people in the villages were grateful for the information but follow up is needed. There is need to take awareness and prevention tips to other villages in the County. The regional JJ Dossen Hospital in Harper City, the administrative capital city of Maryland County, is completely inadequate to handle an outbreak. There is only one doctor available and resources are minimal, if at all. The city is unprotected should an Ebola outbreak occur. Harper City is a few miles from William V.S. Tubman University (TU), ( www.tubmanu.edu.lr ). The government-supported university has put together a task force on Ebola, and also makes its appeal, and has taken actions by spreading awareness through posters, and providing buckets with chlorinated water and soap for hand-washing. These two organizations, TU and RCHC, are pleading for your help. News from Monrovia show that airlines are cancelling flights, and that supplies are dwindling. But you can help. We have contacted mutual friends who have agreed to help us: WAYS TO GIVE: Marylanders for Progress (MFP), (www.marylandersforprogress.org ), is a 501c(3) philanthropic organization in the USA. Donate by clicking on the Donate page and check Paypal. Or mail a check to MFP, PO Box 44402, Fort Washington M.D. 20794. All donations over $20.00 USD are tax deductible. Note Ebola Task Force for either WVSTU, or RCHC or 50-50% split, on your good check; Rotary Club of Harper City, International Bank, Account 10-2030-101213-0. International Bank, 64 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia. SWIFT CODE: IBLRLRLM; Beneficiary Account 400884213000; funds in USD only Money gram and Western Union may also be used. Transmit reference number via email to [email protected] ., telephone 231880656472, for RCHC President Dr. Elizabeth Q.E. Carbajosa. Signed: Dr. Elizabeth Q.E. Carbajosa, RCHC President 2014-2015 & Vice President for Academic Affairs, TU [email protected]
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Rotary Club of Harper City
District 9101, C77767
PO Box 2807, Monrovia, Liberia
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +231 880 470 394
Service Above Self
EBOLA VIRUS PREVENTION TO MARYLAND COUNTY… ACT NOW…YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
The Rotary Club of Harper City (RCHC) is putting out a world-wide plea for help in its fight against the Ebola Virus Disease. As
a humanitarian community service organization, RCHC, with approval from Maryland County, Liberia authorities, has
committed to helping prevent the advance of the Ebola virus to the County. Liberia is one of the West African countries affected
by the virus outbreak..
RCHC embarked on an awareness campaign to educate villagers. They had never even heard of the disease because of their
remoteness, and the lack of a public radio station signal. RCHC volunteers have gone to the Kablaken and Whole Greway,
Yekudi to the border of Cote I’voire, from Geabo to Fishtown, and of course also to Harper City. The people in the villages were
grateful for the information but follow up is needed. There is need to take awareness and prevention tips to other villages in the
County.
The regional JJ Dossen Hospital in Harper City, the administrative capital city of Maryland County, is completely inadequate to
handle an outbreak. There is only one doctor available and resources are minimal, if at all. The city is unprotected should an
Ebola outbreak occur.
Harper City is a few miles from William V.S. Tubman University (TU), (www.tubmanu.edu.lr). The government-supported
university has put together a task force on Ebola, and also makes its appeal, and has taken actions by spreading awareness
through posters, and providing buckets with chlorinated water and soap for hand-washing.
These two organizations, TU and RCHC, are pleading for your help. News from Monrovia show that airlines are cancelling
flights, and that supplies are dwindling. But you can help. We have contacted mutual friends who have agreed to help us:
WAYS TO GIVE:
Marylanders for Progress (MFP), (www.marylandersforprogress.org), is a 501c(3) philanthropic organization in
the USA. Donate by clicking on the Donate page and check Paypal. Or mail a check to MFP, PO Box 44402, Fort
Washington M.D. 20794. All donations over $20.00 USD are tax deductible. Note Ebola Task Force for either
WVSTU, or RCHC or 50-50% split, on your good check;
Rotary Club of Harper City, International Bank, Account 10-2030-101213-0. International Bank, 64 Broad
Street, Monrovia, Liberia. SWIFT CODE: IBLRLRLM; Beneficiary Account 400884213000; funds in USD only
Money gram and Western Union may also be used. Transmit reference number via email to
[email protected]., telephone 231880656472, for RCHC President Dr. Elizabeth Q.E. Carbajosa.
Signed: Dr. Elizabeth Q.E. Carbajosa, RCHC President 2014-2015
& Vice President for Academic Affairs, TU
