Stemming from its success in Phase One of the UNICEF and Mercy Corps programs (see Battling Ebola: A Story of Two Programs), WCI is a preferred partner for Phase Two of both programs, both of which are now underway. In Grand Bassa County, WCI is working under ECAP Phase II to bolster the preventative healthcare capacity of more than 70 communities by creating and strengthening Community Health Committees, developing Community Health Risk Reduction Plans, and coordinating with district and county-level health teams.

Women’s Campaign International recently traveled to Bulgaria to facilitate the Advancing Leadership for Balkan Women conference. Bulgaria is a country where 98% of women are literate, half work outside of the home, and about 20% of its parliament is female. The population is ready for more female leaders and this conference strengthened the skills of the visionaries of the future. This training was coordinated with the support of the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria.

Reported by Phil Sedlak

Thank you Trudy Rubin and the Philadelphia Inquirer for the thoughtful piece on WCI's grassroots, community-based Ebola response. The article does an outstanding job of illustrating the critical role our network of Liberian women play in these efforts. Worldview: Philadelphia-based group aids Ebola fight in Africa 

Track our community-based Ebola response projects across Liberia. Project Tracking Map

Take a look at WCI's new outreach video to understand firsthand how our grassroots approach is helping to combat the spread of Ebola in Liberia. Our team is focusing on high incident areas, which are not being reached by other response efforts. Community projects include feeding quarantined families, going door-to-door training people on how to protect themselves, providing critical cleaning supplies, and safely burying victims.

Women's Campaign International is taking a grassroots approach to combating the spread of Ebola. Our team is focusing on high incident areas, which are not being reached by other response efforts. Community projects include feeding quarantined families, going door-to-door to train people on how to protect themselves, providing critical cleaning supplies, and safely burying victims.

For the past five years, WCI has worked with many rural women in Liberia to strengthen their advocacy skills. Through this work, WCI has established tremendous trust in Liberia's rural communities. Distrust and fear surrounding the Ebola virus are known to be impediments to its containment. WCI staff members are developing a grassroots advocacy campaign for the illiterate, rural communities affected by the virus, in order to provide the necessary information to stop the spread of the disease. SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS

WCI's President, Marjorie Margolies, and Liberia Country Officer/Operations Manager, Monica Gadkari, were featured on Philadelphia's 6abc Action News to weigh-in on the Ebola crisis in Liberia. WATCH IT HERE