Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, Dignity:Liberia is not leading a team of Dignity Advocates to Liberia this February. What a difference from February 2020. Last year’s team taught over 173 individuals, mostly women, how to sew reusable menstrual pads. We coordinated a menstrual cup distribution day with the United States Peace Corps. We selected the land for our maternity waiting home, House of Hope and Dignity, and signed paperwork toward its purchase. I also had the honor of interviewing a number of fistula survivors for our series, In a Fistula Survivor’s Voice.
This pandemic has caused a lot of plans to be altered, but it has not stopped Dignity:Liberia from moving forward in building House of Hope and Dignity. Board president, Kathi Gutierrez, and board member, Becky Mueller Huner, left for Liberia on February 3 in order to finalize the purchase of the land. They will make arrangements to clear the land and meet with an architect. There will be a ground-breaking ceremony which we’ll share with you at a future date. Kathi and Becky will, of course, visit the Phebe Rehabilitation Center as well. Oh, how I wish I could be there!
Although I am not physically in Liberia in February 2021, I am reliving my memories from February 2020. On that trip I also interviewed Emma Kennedy Katakpah, Clinical Coordinator for Fistula with Liberia’s Ministry of Health. Last April I posted part of her interview, in which she shared Survivor Success Stories. I thought you would enjoy hearing more of what she had to say as part of this month’s blog.
This pandemic has caused a lot of plans to be altered, but it has not stopped Dignity:Liberia from moving forward in building House of Hope and Dignity. Board president, Kathi Gutierrez, and board member, Becky Mueller Huner, left for Liberia on February 3 in order to finalize the purchase of the land. They will make arrangements to clear the land and meet with an architect. There will be a ground-breaking ceremony which we’ll share with you at a future date. Kathi and Becky will, of course, visit the Phebe Rehabilitation Center as well. Oh, how I wish I could be there!
Although I am not physically in Liberia in February 2021, I am reliving my memories from February 2020. On that trip I also interviewed Emma Kennedy Katakpah, Clinical Coordinator for Fistula with Liberia’s Ministry of Health. Last April I posted part of her interview, in which she shared Survivor Success Stories. I thought you would enjoy hearing more of what she had to say as part of this month’s blog.
 | Kathy Beth Stavinoha Kathy Beth lives and works in Austin, TX. She graduated from high school in Monrovia, Liberia in 1977. |
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