The PERSIF PCU and the WARDC Deputy Chief Administrator (DCA), Alhassan Yillah, met with stakeholders of Mabrown village on June 4, 2024, to inspect the site donated by the community for the construction of a Solar-powered water supply system, Community Health Centre(CHC), and Nurses’ quarters as part of the PERSIF project intervention in former Ebola hotspot communities.
Speaking to stakeholders, the Project Coordinator noted that the intervention is an integral part of component two (2) of the PERSIF project, which is tagged “increased Access to Basic Social Services and improve availability and access to healthcare services and WASH facilities.”
The Deputy Chief Administrator, Alhassan Yillah during the engagement said the involvement of the district council in the implementation of the PERSIF project was to ensure the council’s ownership and leadership role in identifying needy former EVD communities. He also noted that, for the intervention to materialize, it was required for the beneficiary community to provide a plot of land with all relevant documents devoid of any contention to donate to the project through the district council. He added, “all of these are required before PERSIF officially hands over contractors to community stakeholders and construction site to the contractor for the commencement of work”.
“Therefore, it was against the backdrop of ascertaining that the community has done the needful, that the project team undertook a visit to the Western Area Rural District Council (WARDC), to engage the council and Mabrown stakeholders, and to visit the propose site,” the DCA said.
