By Mary Zigbuo Mantor | Program Manager
Warm greetings and happy new year from Imani House Liberia staff and beneficiaries,
Our New Year began with a reaffirmation of our goal of providing quality, but affordable, healthcare and free adult literacy classes for people living among marginalized communities in Monrovia, Liberia. Access to affordable healthcare is a basic human right and we are thankful for your support that helps us mitigate our budget gap as we pursue this needful goal.
We are happy to share news that a follow-up of our literacy learners who graduated last August proves our need to stay the course in providing affordable, and sometimes free, healthcare and educational opportunities for people seeking to improve their quality of life which always trickle down to improving the overall neighborhoods. Some of our 2024 graduates have significantly improved their markets while others have entered short term technical skill training courses to enable multiple streams of income and services in their communities.
Our scholarship program is making a difference in the lives of three students who, without scholarship support, will be unable to continue their schooling. One student became the first generation high school graduate in her family when she graduated last year. The remaining two students (boy and a girl) are in grades 4 and 9. Their individual parents served our clinic for many years and died from Ebola in 2014. Though living in their extended family households, the families' resources cannot extend beyond provision of food and shelter. We are honored to walk alongside these children in supporting their hopes and dreams of a better life through education.
We still have forty six learners who are standing by to enroll for the current school year (October 2024 through June 2025). We have been unable to begin our 2024/25 school year literacy classes due to our inability to raise funds to sustain the monthly cost of $270.00 as stipends for our five literacy tutors, operate our standby generators and/or pay electrical bills.
In spite of these challenges, Imani House Clinic still offers the lowest cost for services of all private health care facilities in the Brewerville area. During 2024, we were privileged to serve 4000 persons, mostly women and children. Imani House Clinic is filling in the gaps of government’s goal of reducing maternal child deaths in which Liberia has one of the highest maternal child death rates in the world.
The impact of our services over the years has proven that anyone can succeed if they are motivated and have access to appropriate skills, information and opportunities.
We need and appreciate all of you for standing by and supporting us.
For more information about IMANI HOUSE, please visit our Web site: IMANI HOUSE, INC. – Building Community Through Education, Information, Health, and Service.
By Mary Mantor | Program Manager
By Mary Zigbuo Mantor | Program Manager
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