Greetings!

As always, we are so grateful for your friendship and continued support of FACE Africa. At FACE Africa, we have an ambitious yet simple goal: Clean, safe drinking water for EVERY SINGLE person in Liberia and with your help, we are well on our way to making clean water a reality for thousands.

Thanks to you, we were able to lay a solid foundation for the organization and are now starting to see some meaningful results as detailed in this edition of our newsletter.  

In August 2011 with funding from COVERGIRL as part of their commitment to clean water and sanitation, we rehabilitated a broken handpump in the township of Harmonville, Grand Bassa that supplies 2,000 residents with safe drinking water. See more photos 

Damaged handpump in Harmonville, Grand Bassa

Repaired hanpump w/ funding from CoverGirl  in Harmonville, Grand Bassa

The Hope Mission School water, sanitation and hygiene project is being funded with a grant from the Voss Foundation, a non-profit organization established with a mission of raising awareness of the lack of access to clean water in Sub-Saharan Africa and facilitating improved access for communities in the region. Since their inception in 2008, the Voss Foundation has helped to build 21 water access points in 4 countries, changing the lives of over 100,000 people. See more photos of the Hope Mission School Project 

Our Program Coordinator, Emmett Wilson with students at the Hope Mission School

In October 2010, designer and star of the MTV reality show The City, Whitney Port visited Liberia with her family as part of a humanitarian mission with FACE Africa. The trip was sponsored by Symphony, the Dubai Mall's first and only luxury concept boutique. Symphony also held a charity auction during their official grand opening to benefit FACE Africa's projects. The auction raised a total of $10,000 and will go towards a clean water and sanitation project at the Help the Children Orphanage later this year.  

Whitney, Paige and Jeff Port with children at the Help the Children Orphanage 

Like JoeZohn, water is a major concern for the residents of Williamtown. While rain and streams are fairly plentiful during the rainy season (April through October), the village's reserves deplete quickly during the dry season. Residents have no latrine facilities and urinate and defecate in the forest, which exposes them to any number of pathogens and disease-carrying animals and insects.

With funding from Santa Barbara based Global Neighborhood Fund, FACE Africa will implement a full-scale water and sanitation project in Williamtown. Project activities will include:  construction of a well and handpump, construction of institutional latrines, pump mechanic training for a designated WASH committee in the village and a comprehensive health and hygiene promotion training among residents.  

UPCOMING EVENTS  

Sunday September 25, 2011

Prajje1983 Runway Show + Cocktail Benefit Party     

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Women Helping Women Luncheon honoring our ED Saran Kaba Jones    

FACE AFRICA IN THE NEWS   

• Saran Kaba Jones is Voss Foundation Women Helping Women 2011 Honoree     

• FACE Africa featured on Forbes.com "A Young African Woman And Her Water Legacy"   

• Our Executive Director is Huffington Post "Greatest Person of the Day"  

• Read about our 2nd Annual Gala at the Taj Boston 

SUPPORT FACE AFRICA 

Our supporters are a huge factor in our success. They provide us with the financial support needed to accomplish our mission of bringing clean water and sanitation to communities in Liberia. 

   $10,000:   Give an ENTIRE village clean water  

   $1,000:     Contribute towards a clean water project

   $100:        Support the construction of a well

   $25:          Give 1 person clean water for 20 years