Liberia: Facts and figures

28-02-2013 Facts and Figures

During 2012, the ICRC …

conducted 157 visits to 14 detention facilities and 7 police stations;
reunited 115 children and 5 vulnerable adults with their families, mostly in Côte d’Ivoire;
provided 4 clinics in Lofa County with medicine, materials and training;
helped the LNRCS distribute essential household items to over 18,000 Ivorian refugees in Grand Gedeh and River Gee Counties;
facilitated access to safe water for 29,000 people by constructing or repairing 129 hand pumps and training 64 hand-pump mechanics and 126 community hygiene promoters in 18 communities hosting Ivorian refugees in Nimba, Bong, Montserrado, Grand Gedeh, River Gee and Maryland Counties;
worked with the Armed Forces of Liberia to train 595 officers and 6 trainers.