Social Protection

VOA Community, Robert Field Highway, Montserrado County – A few years ago, Justina Kiazolu laid a handful of goods on a plank table at the VOA Community General Market and waited for customers. This Monday, she welcomed a World Bank Task Team to a 20-foot container stocked with goods of many kinds. The Task Team…

VOA Community, Robertfield Highway, Liberia — October 12, 2026 The World Bank’s Practice Manager for Social Protection and Labor in the West Africa Region Robert Chase, on Monday, October 12, 2026, visited beneficiaries of the Support to Small Businesses (SSB) component of the Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE) Project in…

The REALISE Project Implementation Mission officially commenced this morning at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, bringing together key government institutions and partners to review progress, discuss implementation priorities, and strengthen coordination for the successful delivery of the project. The opening session was hosted by the Hon. Cornelia Kruah, Minister of Youth and Sports and…

GBARPOLU COUNTY, LIBERIA — The Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE) Project recently held a weeklong value addition training, intended to strengthen the capacity of service providers. The specialized value addition training aimed at improving the way agricultural produce from REALISE-supported farms is processed, preserved and transformed into marketable products. The…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – September 28, 2026: At dawn in the Township of West Point, the smell of freshly smoked fish fills the air as women prepare their products for another day of business. Among them is Alice, a mother of five who has spent years relying on the fish trade to provide for her family….

Bong County, Liberia – September 23, 2026: The Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE) Project has commissioned a farm and rice mill at Freeman Farm in Bong County, marking another significant step toward strengthening Communal agricultural production, improving food security, and expanding livelihood opportunities for rural communities. The commissioning ceremony, held…

WEST POINT TOWNSHIP, MONROVIA September 16, 2026 — The Recovery of Economic Activities for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE) Project, in partnership with the World Bank, today disbursed the first tranche of business grants to 50 female fishmongers in West Point Township under the ProBlue Pilot Initiative, marking a major milestone in Government’s drive to…

Monrovia Liberia, September 15, 2026 – Liberia has commenced a stakeholder consultation focused on the informal sector as part of the ongoing process to update the country’s National Social Protection Policy and Strategy (NSPPS). The consultation began on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, in Monrovia and is expected to conclude on Friday, September 18, 2026. The…

August 17, 2026 Gbein-Yonyee, Nimba County — Under the warm Nimba sun, amid stretches of green farmland and the steady rhythm of community farming, a different kind of transformation is taking place. It is a transformation driven not only by seeds, tools and financial support, but by knowledge — and increasingly, by women taking leading…

Monrovia August 19, 2026-The Steering Committee (PSC) of the Recovery of Economic Activity for Liberian Informal Sector Employment (REALISE) Project has concluded a four day field monitoring and engagement tour across Bong, Nimba, Grand Bassa and Rivercess Counties, bringing senior government officials closer to beneficiaries and communities supported by the project. The tour provided the…