The Boinsen District

Boinsen District

Boinsen District is one of the districts in Bong County, Liberia. It is bounded on the north by the ST. John River, on the south by the Fanutole Town and the west by tugbatal District and on the east by Zowinta Town.

Join our fight against Cholera Disease in Drinking Water in Boinsen District


The people of Quoikaporpa, Boinsen District collecting drinking water. As you can clearly see, this water is contaminated with waterborne diseases and cholera being one of them and unfortunately, these vibrio are invisible to the human eye. The ingestion of one vibrio of cholera means death to a person(s) or a cholera epidemic crisis for a whole village or region. The incubation period for this killer virus is 2 -5 hours and after the incubation period, it multiplies rapidly.


Demographic

Boinsen District is one of the most populated districts in Bong County, Republic of Liberia. It has a population of (8,325) eight thousand three hundred according the 2023 census. The census shows that 100% of the population are black, 60% were of the Mano tribal group, 20% were of the Bassa tribal group and 10% were of the Kpelle Tribal group.

Community Issues

Boinsen District like many districts in Third World Countries have many development issues that need to be addressed. Some of the most pressing issues that we are working with the villagers to improve are: (1) improve drinking, (2) improve sanitation (3) improve agriculture and (4) reduce hunger and malnutrition.

Agricultural Improvement

Agricultural development is one of the most pressing issues in the district. The district has one of the most fertilized soil for agricultural development in the Republic of Liberia but the primitive farming tools and farming methods largely contribute to the constant cycle of hunger in the district. For example, they harvest rice their diet food in mid-October and the end of December, but by the end of April everyone in the district be out of rice until October harvest again. Introducing modern agricultural tool and methods would help increase rice production and bridge the food gap between October and April.

Drinking Water

Improvement

Drinking water improvement is among the most pressing issues in the district. While people in other part of Liberia especially in the capital city-Monrovia enjoy clean drinking water, the residents of Boinsen District continue to drink open and contaminated water and the contaminated water are carrier of viruses dangerous to human when consumed. 


There are 7 types of waterborne diseases that live in open water. These diseases when ingested can be a death warren to many people in rural communities that have no access to clinic. Most dangerous of them all is the cholera virus. This virus, is very contagious affecting one person in the village could means death to the whole village or other neighboring communities or villages. The transmission of this bad disease are through the consumption of food and water. 


The good news is that the risk of consuming this virus can be reduced and prevented through the introduction of well water. We are working with officials of the district to prevent and reduce the consumption cholera through the introduction of an improve drinking water.

Sanitation Improvement

Sanitation is among the most serious issues in the district. Our investigation found out that 100% of the district population defecate in the bushes surrounding their villages and towns. During the raining season, the rain water washes their excrement into the very water that they drink, posing a serious health problems to the residents. Moreover, when villagers go into the bushes to toilet, there is no water in the bushes for them to hand wash. As a results, if a member of the village is infected with a virus, he or she can easily transfer the disease to other without even knowing. Construction of toilets and digging of wells in each town and village will reduce the draining of human and animals waste into towns and village’s drinking water and the availability of well water will enhance hand washing.

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