Fighting The Outbreak of Ebola in Liberia

Project Report | Jan 16, 2018
you are the only hope

By VAAFD TEAM | VAAFD TEAM

It is been over two years now since the Ebola epidemic story has been put to rest in Liberia and later Sierra Leone and Guinea. Liberia final declaration of being Ebola free was on 14 January 2016 and since then the country has not had any history of new occurrence. The Country recorded the highest number of death rate during Ebola war; it was so terrible and deathly since we were fighting an invisible enemy. The Ebola has gone but it left a huge scare that is so difficult to recover.

I according to the IRIN news, “more than 5,900 Liberian children lost one or both parents to Ebola. Some are with a surviving parent, others found loving homes with friends or relatives, but many have been left orphaned on the streets or are finding it tough to adapt to new lives with host families”. The above number gave account of kids who parents were taken to the ETU but many more orphans were forgotten since their parents died outside of the ETU and there no record on them.

This epidemic left very huge challenges to the community and the innocence children who are not sure of their future right now. During the Ebola crisis there were so much important placed to these kids but it seem that people are rather forgotten these kids now and that is really putting their future in danger.

We have been left with the last 24 ebola orphans to support but it has been difficult to meet up with their educational and other needs. Since we have not had the funding to continue the support for these kids, we wrote letters to schools we have worked with over the years sponsoring these kids to permit them in school and we were going to make payment at a later date, but it is becoming a challenge for us to do so since we have not been able to organize funding for that.

We have been able to make some payment for just five kids Aaron, Samanue, Matthew, Edwin and Serich out of the 24 children we are sponsoring. Aaron is now in the senior class and he will be sitting for the WASSEC exam this year. WASSCE has just been introduced to Liberia and the cost associated with it is higher than the WAEC that was first administered by Liberia.

The examination council is charging $60.00 per student but schools are charging $75.00 and above. Aaron, has $75.00 outstanding for that payment, he called me two days ago to inform as regard to that. Please give your support to save the future of a child.

Many thanks to all of our donors who have helped to give hope to these kids over the years, we appreciate your love and all efforts you have ever made to save the future of these kids. Please continue to your help to give these kids future life is really challenging for them right now. All the kids we have in Kakata we have not been able to make any payment to their schools and if we cannot make payment, the schools will send them out. Please, you are the only hope that these kids have they need you now more than ever.

Please remember that without your donations and support these will have no future, continue your support and donation so that they can continue their school.

\Thank you again and we appreciate your love and support.

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Feb 17, 2017
Challenges facing the Ebola orphans we work with

By VAAFD TEAM | VAAFD TEAM

On 4 JANUARY 2016, WHO finally declared the end of the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa. There are many who showed kindness and love to the people of Liberia and especially the Ebola orphans that were left behind. We to want appreciate all those who were touched to give their support to the kids we work with. Since the end of the epidemic many people who were giving their support cut them off and today most of the kids are in desperate need. I arrived in Bong County on February 13, 2017 at the precise hour of 9:45 am and I first make a stop on the Phebe Lutheran community high school campus where we have most of the ebola orphans to make their final payment for the year and also pay for Daniel West African Examination fees since it is due. When I got on the campus students have gone for vacation and only school administrators were in their offices.

I met with the business manager to collect our students’ final bill for the year that which was given to me and I quickly called Daniel and Princess to come to me since they are closer to the area and they did. But when they arrived, I realized that Princess was pregnant and this came as a shut to me and I said to her Princess what am I seeing their? She said to me, I’m sorry and I know that you and others are helping to provide for our tuitions but on the other hand we need to survive, life has become very challenging for us since our family died and she continue, we got all the support from you that which help us but now only education you are able to take care of and base on this I have to sleep with someone who I felt that could be able to help me and my siblings and trying to do that this the result I go but the good news is that I am still in school. I have actually transferred to the extension which is the night school I promise that I will end the school year.

I actually went out of word and felt terrible the question I kept asking myself is that how a 17 years old child gets pregnant now who will take care of baby for her to be able to continue her education. All that she said challenged me and the fact is that we have not had donations coming in as recent therefore we have just been able managed to meet up with their education needs. Daniel said that he was happy that he is finally getting out of high school and he wish to go to college but if he can’t get any support to enroll at college, he will find something to do with his high school education.

Many thanks to all of those who have supported this project and we ask that please continue your support to help these kids achieve their educational goal they do not have any more parent but they look at you and I as their only hope in life we turn our back on them, life may get terrible for them.

Thank you again and we appreciate your love and cares as you continue to make the difference in the lives of these vulnerable kids

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Sep 7, 2016
Academic result of the Ebola's orphans

By VAAFD TEAM | VAAFD TEAM

It has been a little long now since we gave an update about this project but we are pleased to be able to update you finally. We again want to extend our thanks and appreciation to all of the friends and donors who have been able to gave their support to these hopeless kids. Schools got closed last month and we wanted to get all of their reports from their schools before giving an update. The performances of most of the kids were excellent and we are very proud of that and we are happy that the resources you spent on them were materialized. We are proud of you because you stood with us to give these kids hope, happiness and future. We realize that this is a very long journey that really needs a very committed people and a wonderful organization team like globalgiving, we cannot continue this project without your support.

The new academic school year has begin therefore we have quickly been able to rushed to Bong County to settle students fees and others requirement. When I arrived in Gbarnga I met with Aaron around the Lofa parking and we both went to his school campus to do his registration and he happy to see me again to pay for his first semester tuition at AAA School in Gbarnga. He said to me that even though his family died, but I give him the feeling of his family being alive with the kind of love and cares I continue to show him and his siblings. However, I told him I was just a middle person but those who pay for you do not even know you nor they know me, and asked how than they get to help us? I told him on earth there are good people who care for the poor and less fortunate in the world. He was really amazed to hear that. Aaron is now promoted to grade 10^th; his siblings were also promoted to K1, 1^st and 2^nd and 4^th grades.

I later went to Daniel’s house to find and he went along with me to the Phebe Community Lutheran School, he is now promoted to the 12^th grade and he will be doing the West African Examination this year. When I visited their home, his siblings have left for the farm and I could not meet with them the farm is a distant from the main town. Daniel said that he was happy that he is going to complete high school this year and his wish is that he will be able to enroll at college after graduation so that he can be a help to his family and country. He gave appreciation to everyone that supports him and his siblings, and he also pray that God will continue to protect and guide all those that have been touched to support them.

We are always grateful Globalgiving entire team for their continual support to our project and many thanks go to our sponsors, supporters and donors for their commitment to this project and the kids of Liberia. We continue to seek and provide education to these Ebola orphans across Liberia. We will appreciate your support and we want to you to feel free to contact us at any point in time to know how we are using the resources you continue to give to support our organization and these kids.

We are of proud of Globalgiving for all of the supports they continue to give our project and organization. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

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