SINKOR, Sept. 23 -- The Government of Liberia, through the National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Commission, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Hope International (WHI) to take over the stalled Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water in Liberia Project.

The project, originally funded by USAID and implemented by Winrock International, came to a halt earlier this year after Washington pulled out of several flagship WASH programs in Liberia. Among them were the $17.9 million Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water Activity, the Countrywide Sanitation Activity (CWSA), and WASH-FIN 2. Collectively, those initiatives carried a price tag of more than $150 million and were expected to strengthen sanitation governance...