Education Liberia Project #3644

Educate Repatriated Refugee Children in Liberia

by Vision Awake Africa for Development

Educate Repatriated Refugee Children in Liberia

Project Report | May 13, 2015
We provide our students with educational materials

By Karrus Hayes | Executive Director

The students of the Carolyn A. Miller School have been supplied educational materials which include uniforms, notebooks and etc. The notebooks were designed with the student’s picture at the front. The Ebola epidemic affected a lot of homes, communities, families and the entire nation. Developing a notebook with the kids picture at the front is to create a kind of feeling or a picture in them that will make them have deep love and desire for education and also erase that picture of the Ebola epidemic. The kids were really affected during the present of Ebola in Liberia. Students in Liberia sat home for over six months without education, association or any form of learning. We are happy that Liberia is now Ebola free but we and the students remain careful and still following of the instruction given by the Ministry of Education and Health Ministry that have to do with the preventive methods.

The kids are happy to be supplied with the necessary educational materials; it has been a very difficult time for their parents and families to provide educational materials toward their education. After the Ebola life has become very hard and difficult for almost everyone in the country but we are proud that we have globalgiving and all of those who continue to support and donate to this project that is helping the less fortunate kids in Liberia. The school has a very limited resource but we continue to provide free and quality education to all less fortunate kids that walk to our school gate. We continue to be faced challenges operating this institution especially when it comes to the building we are using for the school. The building condition is bad we always tried to renovate but have inadequate resources to do so and we feel that it will good if we can able to construct our own school and move out. But again, we continue to be faced with numerous challenges that is , we do not have the resources to do that right now. The land that was purchased by one of our donors remains setting. We will appreciate if our donors and supporters can please start to look into that direction we start small and can finally complete it. There is really a need for us to work together and start the construction and be able to move to our own site.

Let me use this opportunity to thank all of our donors and supports for the excellent job well done, love, and support they continue to give these kids. We want to say thank you very much and we appreciate your support and we want to encourage you to continue to support us. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question and we will be happy to give you and feedback. Please we want you to know that without your support we cannot run a free school.

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Feb 11, 2015
Preparing for the reopening of school

By Karrus Hayes | Executive Director

After months of fighting the Ebola epidemic in Liberia the reopening of schools were not setting but now as l look on the faces of the kids of Liberia and the Carolyn A. Miller’s School I see smarts. The children of Liberia have been out of school due to the Ebola epidemic but with the effort of the people of Liberia and the world now the story has changed. Due to the great improvement in the fight of the Ebola epidemic the Government of Liberia and the Ministry of education have pronounced the re-opening of school is now schedule February 16-March 2, 2015. This pronouncement has been a good news to both parents and schools but there are still conditions that is, many parents feels that their children should be in school at the same time complaining of financial hardship as well as the fear of Epidemic not being total eradicated since Sierra and Guinea still have a lot of cases.

However, the Carolyn A. Miller School has been in a terrible condition since the epidemic, fund donated could not be received since there were some inconsistent, mistakes or human error with our account. We are happy that after five months we have finally received all of the donations that were made to our project and we have been able to settle our rent payment and the renovation work is ongoing now. And we are working overtime to be able to meet up with the re-open date set by the government and the ministry of education. We want to be thankful to globalgiving and all of our donors for their support over the years; you are really making a difference and we are very much appreciative to you. Actually if it hasn’t been for your supports and donations, we couldn’t have being getting ready for school reopening this year. We are be very happy if we can hear from and how we can continue working together to provide the educational for these vulnerable kids of Liberia. Remember that the Ebola epidemic has a lot of challenges to the future of Liberia.

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Oct 14, 2014
The impact of the Ebola outbrak on the kids

By Karrus Hayes | The Executive Director

Dear Supporters of VAAFD,

We appreciate your support and generosity toward the future of the children and the people of Liberia. School should have reopen this gone September 2014 but due to the Ebola epidemic the government has closed down all learning institutions to avoid further spread of the virus to school going children. It is really a challenge in Liberia when it comes to the Ebola epidemic, thousands have died and new cases continue to rise on a daily bases. It really worry me especially the kids we deal with most of them strive to survive in term of food and other basic need.

There is no information as when we expect school reopening but it is our hope that we will all fight this Ebola and stop it spreading further so that these kids can return to school again be happy.

However, you may have been reading from the internet or media, Liberia is really experiencing a health crisis with the outbreak of this Ebola virus, which has caused all education establishments to close until the outbreak is dealt with.

Due to the closure of schools it has caused a lot of difficulties for our staff as well since are unable to continue paying them salaries. Our land-law is also requiring us to pay her since the rent is due. We paid the sum of $2,700.00 as a yearly rent the said amount due on the September 1st every year but there has delay in payment due to the crisis. The rain has caused serial damage to more of the building and it need renovation before the reopen of the school that we don’t know yet.

Our team has been strongly involved with the Ebola awareness in Liberia since this has become a major concern everyone. The Carolyn A Miller School and the VAAFD team have turned their energies towards fighting Ebola, teaching health education and disseminating supplies to clinic. Details of the new Ebola awareness project can be found here on Global Giving.

We are still be seeking donations for the school supplies, medical supplies and our school textbook project.

It is our hope that within couple of months the situation in Liberia and West Africa will chance and our kids will happily return to school. Please continue to support this project without you donation we cannot continue to run this project.

May God bless you all

Karrus

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