HUMAN EXISTENCE IS UNDER THREAT.....THE ONGOING SEA EROSION IN WEST POINT, LIBERIA'S LARGEST SLUM

HUMAN EXISTENCE IS UNDER THREAT.....THE ONGOING SEA EROSION IN WEST POINT, LIBERIA'S LARGEST SLUM

It saddens me to note that Environmental Protection is of little priority in Liberia. Sea erosion, which is a component of environmental denudation, has continuously affected the Township of West Point, a slum community that houses over 20,000 dwellers, whose chief economic activity is Fishing.

For some years now, many people have been made homeless as a result of sea erosion. Many men, women and sadly, children, are now forced to sleep along the beach and on tables in front shops and in markets.

Recently, just in a period of three days, the Atlantic Ocean, which bounds West Point on the south, has been eroding towards houses along the West Point beach. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed, schools have been devastated denying children to attend school and young girls and women, who are victims of the sea erosion, could be sexually abused by wicked individuals while sleeping in an open but vulnerable place, like the beach, during night hours.

Today, Giving Hope To Children Foundation did a picture/video documentary on the current sea erosion and the state of the people. (Documentary to be posted soon).

Giving Hope To Children Foundation is appealing to the good and loving people of Liberia including the Liberian government and eminent citizens to come to the aid of the victims, as hundreds of people are now homeless and many children in vulnerability. In case you want to get involved in our humanitarian work to assist victims, please send an email to Giving Hope To Children Foundation on admin@gihocfoundation.org or keitaabrahamvi@gmail.com.

Better still, you can call GIHOC's staffs, Nyantee Togba and Patrick Wee on +231770119797 and +231776312080.