Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia

Young people have special Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights needs that remain unmet, and to address these SRHR needs, the use of innovative approaches is required to ensure access to safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable SRHR services.

On Saturday, October 16, 2021, we honored an invitation from the Young Africans Capacity Building Network to speak on the topic "Using mobile phones to improve young people s*xual reproductive health" at a one-day lecture series in celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child for adolescents and young people.

A big thank you to our Youth Program Assistant, Ms. Kulubo Nyamahlorpu Koquoi, for representing us at that event.

In observance of the International youth day, the Youth Action Movement (YAM) with support from the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia, hosted a one day interactive discussion on family planning and s*xual abstinence with their fellow peers at the Dewellie orphanage home in Rehab community paynesville.

As we join the world over to celebrate the International youth day, the Youth Action Movement of Liberia (YAM) is saying to adolescents and young people to,
*Take more responsibility for your s*xual behaviour and action
*Avoid casual and unprotected s*x
*Say No to unwanted pregnancy
*Say no to STIs including HIV/AIDS
*Say No to r**e
* Encouraged s*xual abstinence
*Join others to advocate for a better future for youth.

Who We Are?

The Youth Action Movement – Liberia (YAM) is the youth wing of PPAL. YAM is a
youth movement for young people, by the young people of PPAL. It advocates for
positive change in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights among young people in
Liberia as well as any other challenge that the Liberian youths faces. YAM will work within the framework of the PPAL constitution.

Family Planning enables you to:
1. Space pregnancies and childbirth,
2. Recover from previous childbirth,
3. Take care of your health and that of your baby,
4. Avoid unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion.

For counseling and services call: 0880875507 or visit us on 18th street and Payne avenue sinkor.

Hellooo! Due to historical antecedent, many people still think that Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) is all about family planning. We do more than that. Our services cover all components of s*xual and reproductive health services. Adolescents and young people are attended to at our Youth friendly section with youth friendly personnel. We are located on 18th street, Sinkor and Payne Avenue, Monrovia and 14th street, Kakata. At PPAL clinics, quality, safety and timelines are our watch words.
Visit us from Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.

Our youth group (Youth Action Movement of Liberia) today joined the rest of the world to celebrate menstrual hygiene day, by visiting few schools in rural Montserrado.

During the visit, we give health talks about menstrual hygiene management and share some sanitary materials.

The focus of this year’s celebration is to create awareness for the social stigmatization of menstruation.

May 28th of every year is celebrated as Menstrual Hygiene Day.

The planned Parenthood Association of Liberia conducted a two day advocacy training workshop for CSO league members on May 4 &5. The essence of the workshop was to build the capacity of SRHR CSO league members in effective advocacy.
PPAL also extends thanks and appreciation to Ms. Joyce L. Kilikpo(public health specialist PHIL) and Mr. Samuel Darpolor (NARDA)
for serving as lead facilitators during this important training.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) bides farewell to its Administrator to Liberia Mr. Yemi Osanyin, as he departs Liberia upon the successful completion of his assignment.

PPAL also welcomes its new Executive Director, Mrs. Markone Knightley as she takes over to direct the affairs of PPAL. Please join us in welcoming our new ED and wish her a successful tenure.

The Youth Action Movement (YAM) of the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL)today joined other young people from other organizations to be a part of a one day seminar under the theme “SAFETY AND DIGNITY FOR ALL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SGBV”. In observance of the 16days of activism.

Know the facts.
Violence against women: Facts everyone should know
It is happening all around you. One in three women and girls around the world experience physical or s*xual violence in their lifetime.

Sexual violence against women,girls and children is a daily occurrence around you
Perpetrators are people you know and trusted; fathers, uncles,relations / family members, neighbors, friends etc.

R**e is the second most commonly reported (and sometimes unreported) serious crime in Liberia.

Only 2% of r**es and Sexual and Gender Based Violence cases reported in 2015 resulted in a conviction in the court.

R**e victims do not achieve justice due to institutional weaknesses, gender stereotype, corruption and societal cover up.

R**e and other forms of s*xual violence results into trauma, mental illness and death.

Do not wait until you are a victim! It is a collective fight ! Let's unite and fight this evil that put the lives of our women and girls in jeopardy.

Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a persistent and widespread global tragedy that needs to end. We must not forget that this is a blatant human rights violation experienced by millions of women and girls around the world.
The Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia(PPAL),
will be bringing you daily updates of Its activities through out the 16days of activism.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) presented a certificate of recognition to the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) for its contributions to the successful implementation and impact of the Partnership for Advancing Community-Based Services (PACS) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) between 2015 and 2017.

The project built on community based health services in selected counties within Liberia, increased access to community based health services and strengthen the health system.
The goal was to improve primary health care through household access to integrated community based health services that ensured the effectiveness of community health and the well being of underserved communities. The project educated and delivered integrated maternal and child health services with focus on under-5 and pregnant women using community based approach.

Some of the outcomes included improved knowledge and health seeking behavior among community members, increased access to immunization services and access to infectious disease services, bridged the gap between communities and and caregivers, strengthened the formal health system, established a functional mechanism for treatment and referral, particularly in communities where the health services are not readily available.

World contraceptives day is celebrated every year on September 26 . it is a day set aside for contraceptive campaigners to improve awareness of contraception and to enable young people to make informed choices on their s*xual and reproductive health. In observance of this day, PPAl will today hold a major press conference to educate the public about the importance of this day and why it should be celebrated. PPAL will also on September 26 be providing free family planning services at Brewerville and Chicken sup factory communities.

Hellooo! Due to historical antecedent, many people still think that Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) is all about family planning. We do more than that. Our services cover all components of s*xual and reproductive health services. Adolescents and young people are attended to at our Youth friendly section with youth friendly personnel. We are located on 18th street, Sinkor and Payne Avenue, Monrovia and 14th street, Kakata. At PPAL clinics, quality, safety and timelines are our watch words.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) continues to intensify efforts at increasing access to SRH/FP information and services in a pandemic period. The onset of covid-19 has disrupted access to services for some reasons. To bridge this gap, PPAL is revitalising it's community based distribution system for an effective response. To this end PPAL has identified and assembled a group of community volunteers as community based distribution agents. To enable them perform their functions, PPAL trained additional 20 Community Based Distribution Agents from 20 communities in Montserrado and Margibi Counties in SRH and Family Planning. The training held between September 10 and 11 at PPAL headquarters. The agents will after this training provide information, short term acting methods including condoms and refer community members for other methods and services to PPAL clinics on 18th street, Sinkor, Monrovia and 14th street in Kakata.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) continues to intensify efforts at increasing access to SRH/FP information and services in a pandemic period. The onset of covid-19 has disrupted access to services for some reasons. To bridge this gap, PPAL is revitalising it's community based distribution system for an effective response. To this end PPAL has identified and assembled 50 community volunteers as community based distribution agents. To enable them perform their functions, PPAL is training the first batch from 20 communities in Montserrado County between August 26 and 27. They will on return to their communities provide information, short acting methods and refer community members for other methods and services to PPAL clinics on 18th street, Sinkor, Monrovia

The Youth Action Movement of the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia today joined the rest of the country to stand in solidarity with r**e victims and to demand justice for the victims of r**e.

The Youth Action Movement (YAM) of the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia will be a part of this march today, come out let’s march against r**e and s*xual violence in Liberia 🇱🇷

Kulubo and Yaasa, 2 youth volunteers from Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia will be on KoolFM 91.9 today at 12 midday to discuss issues affecting young people to mark International Youth Day. Stay tuned. You can call in to participate.

Liberian youths, the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia on this day of International Youth Day says,
*Take more responsibility for your s*xual behaviour and action
*Avoid casual and unprotected s*x
*Say No to unwanted pregnancy
*Say no to STIs including HIV/AIDS
*Say No to r**e
*Join others to advocate for a better future for youth.

Hello friends

Thank you for being a part of our online series on life skills. We hope you like the first edition and was helpful to you in some ways. As part of our efforts to make it better, we have decided to make it into 4-5 minute video clips which we think it’s friendlier than texts. However, we will continue to post the script with each edition for those of us that may like to have it.



We enjoin you to rebroadcast the video and script through your contact on all social media channels available to you. We are sure that we will keep on getting better with each edition. Kindly provide us with feedback on how relevant and useful these series are to you and suggest areas that require improvement. Thank you and best wishes.

Life skills 1: Self-Esteem

What is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. In other words, how much you appreciate and like yourself. It involves a variety of beliefs about yourself, such as the appraisal of your own appearance, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. It relates to one’s psychological, mental and emotional life

Self-esteem can also refer to the positive (high self-esteem) or negative (low self-esteem) feelings that we have about ourselves. We experience the positive feelings of high self-esteem when we believe that we are good and worthy and that others view us positively. We experience the negative feelings of low self-esteem when we believe that we are inadequate and less worthy than others.

Why should you develop high self-esteem? (Benefits)
• It causes happiness and senses of security
• Boosts your confidence, helps the choices you make and boosts your resilience
• Make you aspire and aim high and develop a sense of purpose
• Prevents you from getting into trouble or regrets
• Earns you respect and makes you attract attention, sometimes negative
• Positively helps your relationship with others
• Boosts your physical and mental health
• Makes you to be open to learning and feedback

Tips for developing high self-esteem
• Accept yourself – identity, looks, shape, size, body formation etc. (you are wonderfully and fearfully made by God)
• Appreciate yourself – positive confessions,
• Don’t subject or live your life based on dictate of others – live your life, have a sense of direction,
• Don’t live to please anyone – live to please God and yourself
• Don’t seek approval of people
• When you fail or fall, stand up and go for it again using the lessons from the fall
• Develop and exhibit healthy pride (a realistic sense of your worth). Don’t develop and exhibit superiority or self-defeating pride
• Develop and exhibit healthy humility
• Don’t become selfish when developing your self-esteem
• Don’t try to be someone else – you can learn from people and apply the lessons/learning
• Don’t follow the crowd – avoid crowd behaviour e.g. everyone is doing it, let me also join
• Have and make positive confessions about yourself
• Read inspirational and motivational books and spend as much time as you can with positive and uplifting people
• Work on your weaknesses or limitations
• Appreciate what you have. Adopt legitimate approach in getting what you don’t have.

World Population Day: "The COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere, but it does not affect everyone equally. It is deepening existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and girls," ~UN Secretary-General~
Join the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia today at Slipway and Caldwell communities as we observe the World Population Day celebration providing free family planning services. Remember, human rights cannot be quarantined. Call ... 0777097106 /0775173402 for direction