We stopped over at the police station here in Kenema before going to our WASH
meeting. They are asking us to put a well in in their compound. They have between
200 and 300 prisoners plus all the police officers and staff and they have no water on
their facility. They have to buy their water off the street. Can you imagine that many
people and no available water? Can you imagine the conditions the prisoners are living
in? Jonathan Cobinah was with us and he said that the prisoners do not have beds to
sleep on. They sleep on the cold concrete floor. The prison is overcrowded and was
never meant to have that many prisoners in it.
We attended a WASH (water and sanitation) meeting today. This is a meeting where all
the NGO's in the area get together and share what they are doing so we can help and
support each other to make sure we are not duplicating efforts in the same areas and
to help the African people to have much needed basic necessities. Oh My Goodness! It
was so refreshing. It was the exact opposite of the one attended in June in Freetown.
This was a real meeting that accomplished exactly what it was suppose to. We got a
real education and are so excited about what we can accomplish with help from other
NGO's.
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