Postal services strengthened in Liberia
An international effort is underway to help restore postal services in Liberia which had been virtually destroyed by civil war.
Amongst those lending support has been Swiss Post which donated six mobile post offices in 2007 and Deutsche Post, which donated 10,000 EUR to help equip newly reopened offices.
Even Korea donated some 40,000 CHF from its Quality of Service Fund to help finance the purchase of vehicles, scales and stamp cancellation equipment. The US recenctly despatched (by US Navy ship), 35 pallets of Post Office boxes and postal equipment.
The Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation printed Liberia’s first post-war stamps last year, and donated 12 vehicles. Nigeria has been provided training to a number of postal staff.
Liberia has seen 14 years of civil war but since August 2007, it’s postal service is starting to move once more with international aid. The postal service is seen as a key to rebuilding the country’s infrastructure. Even rural areas will see 150 offices in 14 counties, compared to just 34 before the war started.
Jackson E. DOE, Liberia’s minister for posts and telecommunications and postmaster general said: .”The renovation and construction of post offices throughout the nation is part of our decentralization plan to take the postal services to our fellow Liberians in rural Liberia. It is their right, not privilege. They have long been denied such a right because of the protracted years of civil conflicts that led to living under harsh economic conditions. Decentralizing postal services is in response to the interim poverty reduction strategies programme.”
An international effort is underway to help restore postal services in Liberia which had been virtually destroyed by civil war.
Amongst those lending support has been Swiss Post which donated six mobile post offices in 2007 and Deutsche Post, which donated 10,000 EUR to help equip newly reopened offices.
Even Korea donated some 40,000 CHF from its Quality of Service Fund to help finance the purchase of vehicles, scales and stamp cancellation equipment. The US recenctly despatched (by US Navy ship), 35 pallets of Post Office boxes and postal equipment.
The Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation printed Liberia’s first post-war stamps last year, and donated 12 vehicles. Nigeria has been provided training to a number of postal staff.
Liberia has seen 14 years of civil war but since August 2007, it’s postal service is starting to move once more with international aid. The postal service is seen as a key to rebuilding the country’s infrastructure. Even rural areas will see 150 offices in 14 counties, compared to just 34 before the war started.
Jackson E. DOE, Liberia’s minister for posts and telecommunications and postmaster general said: .”The renovation and construction of post offices throughout the nation is part of our decentralization plan to take the postal services to our fellow Liberians in rural Liberia. It is their right, not privilege. They have long been denied such a right because of the protracted years of civil conflicts that led to living under harsh economic conditions. Decentralizing postal services is in response to the interim poverty reduction strategies programme.”
