News and Events

Update from Liberia 8/19/2014  Thank you ALL for your continued support and prayers for Dr. Chris and our Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia! staff in Liberia. The Paul Allen Family Foundation just closed their matching funds campaign through Globalgiving.com for Ebola relief.  They dedicated more than $125,000 to the effort.  We are waiting to hear the total amount […]

Update from Liberia 8/15/2014  There is still an opportunity to take advantage of The Paul Allen Foundation 100% matching opportunity through Globalgiving.org. There is $17,000 left of matching donations available as of this morning! You can double your impact by donating to our “Kakata, Liberia Ebola Support” project found at: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/kakata-ebola-support/ To following breaking headlines occurring […]

At our Board on 9/8/14 Dr. Chris provided an update on the worsening situation in Liberia.  She spoke of her challenge in continuing to serve the 34 communities in and around Kakata throughout this unprecedented Ebola outbreak.  We’ve all heard on the news how the country’s health care system is collapsing with hospitals closing, medical […]

Ebola epidemic update 7/30/2014 Dr. Chris has been in touch with us to let us know that a state of national emergency has been issued due to the Ebola epidemic.   Effective tomorrow, Thursday, July 31st our HWHL staff will have to stop seeing patients.  All patients will be referred to Rennie Hospital, the governmental run […]

Dr. Chris e-mailed us today the following, “We are hanging in there. Using wisdom daily as we serve them. Thanks for your prayers.” We will continue to update you on how Dr. Chris and our staff are doing during this terrible epidemic. Thank you for your continued prayers for their health.

EBOLA in West Africa! For those of you who may not have heard, there are ever-mounting levels of serious concerns about EBOLA in Monrovia at this time.  Please keep Dr. Chris and our staff in your thoughts and prayers for good health and protection. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-takes-heavy-toll-health-workers-american-contracts/story?id=24733440