Liberia United to expose Hidden Weapons (LUEHW) has been awarded a grant worth  five thousand United States Dollars (US$5,000.00) for the implementation of a Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) Awareness and Advocacy  Project in Liberia.

According to a press release, the grant was awarded by the UNP/UN Millennium Campaign under a Micro-Capital Grant Agreement between the two institutions. The grant agreement, which covers the period 27 April – 31 December 2009, was signed early this week by UNMC Director Salil Shetty on behalf of UNDP and LUEHW’s Executive Director J. Kofa Torbor on behalf of  LUEHW.

Under the project, LUEHW will mobilize and engage critical mass of civil society actors at the grassroots level in debates, dialogues and media activities aimed at promoting the Millennium, Development Goals (MDGs) and demanding better policies and actions from the Liberian Government in favor of the MDGs.

LUEHW is a small arms control advocacy campaign group dedicated to the promotion of national and regional peace, security and sustainable development.