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| BESTWA
(pronounced Best Way) stands for Building Economic Success Together in West Africa.
Our aim is to improve the economic condition of the poorest of the poor in West
Africa, beginning in Liberia, the poorest country in the region. | |
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Businesswomen
in Buchanan, Liberia, recipients of micro-loans. |
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core of our program is job skills: training such as tie-dye, batik, carpentry,
cement block making and soap making. We work to help Liberians become economically
self sufficient. A small family business can provide housing, food and education
for a family with four children. Presently the unemployment rate is estimated
by the UN to be around 83%, so you can see there are plenty of opportunities.
Because
of the infant mortality and maternal mortality rates being some of the worst in
the world, we are building a prenatal and well-baby clinic. We have plans to incorporate
a school of midwifery with the clinic. |
We also engage in community
building activities such as providing medical equipment and supplies to hospitals
and clinics, school supplies for children, text books to schools, a feeding program
for malnourished children, and other projects to support the economic and social
life of the local people. |
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Clothing
manufacturing | | | | |
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