The 2017/2018 school year at Help Liberia Foundation Community School in Buchanan is going quite well with both kids and staff, as their attendance is encouraging, and parents and staffers are cooperating well.
Children doing PE
Most importantly, the kids have been having fun with learning activities, and one of such activities has to do with their weekly Physical Education (PE) activity.
Children doing PE
Children doing PE
Dear friends, donors, and sponsors of Help Liberia Foundation Community School, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks to you all for the contributions you have been able to make thus far toward the lease renewal of the building we are using for the operation of the school in Buchanan.
Students in line during morning devotion at the school
We wish to inform you that we will provide an update on the fundraising at the end of this month so that you can know the exact amount that has been collected thus far.
Once again, many thanks for your willingness to help the kids in this manner.
You may continue to send donations through our PayPal account which is run by Lena and Anders Marner in Sweden who will pass all donations on to us. If you would prefer to send money directly to the school’s bank account or through Western Union or MoneyGram, please get in contact.
The five-year lease agreement on the building we are operating the school in will expire in just over two months – to be specific, at the end of December.
Children outside the school
The current agreement was entered into at the end of December 2012, when there was an urgent need to pay the rent because the landlord was tormenting the school for the payment, with threat of eviction.
We are in such a situation again. As we approach the end of the current lease agreement, the landlords have already increased the rent to US$50 per mouth, and we would like to pay for at least three (3) years, which would be US$600 per year and US$1,800 for the three years.
Children in class
We are therefore appealing to all of our friends, supporters and sponsors to please come to our aid so that the school cannot be evicted. If we fail to renew the contract in a reasonable time, the landlord will throw us out of the building, which will be a serious embarrassment for us, and will leave our kids with nowhere to learn.
As we send out this S-O-S call, any assistance anyone renders will be greatly appreciated. Please help us keep the children in school.
The easiest way to donate to this appeal is through our PayPal account which is run by Lena and Anders Marner in Sweden who will pass all donations on to us. If you would prefer to send money directly to the school’s bank account or through Western Union or MoneyGram, please get in contact.
Help Liberia Foundation Community School, a school helping to provide basic education to underprivileged children in the City of Buchanan, started the new school year with a new Principal.
Mr. Charles D. P. Mendscole, Jr, the new Principal
The new Principal’s name is Charles D. P. Mendscole, Jr. He is a twenty-seven-year-old senior student studying Mathematics as major and General Science as minor in the Department of Teachers’ Education at the Grand Bassa Community College (GBCC) in Buchanan.
Charles is a serious, determined and innovative young administrator who is helping to improve things at the school. He was the chief planner, as well as one of the facilitators, of the pre-opening teachers’ workshop conducted on the 15 & 16 of September. We are proud to have Charles as our new Principal and we wish him all the best.
Mr. Ben Harris, the new Registrar
In a related development, the school also has a new Registrar. His name is Ben Harris. Ben entered the school as a teacher during the last school year and has been appointed as Registrar as a result of his dedication and hard work. Ben is studying Electrical Engineering at the same GBCC.
We – the administrators, teachers, support staff and students of Help Liberia Foundation Community School in Buchanan City – would like to express our heart-felt thanks and appreciation to Lena Marner and Anders Marner for their decision to contribute specific monthly amount to the school for teachers’ support.
Anders (in blue African shirt) and Lena (in Purple African dress) during one of their visits at the school in 2013
This monthly contribution from Lena and Anders, like the one from Anneli Hammarstrom, is helping us with the salary payment to our teachers.
Lena and Anders presenting gifts to Paul in 2016 for the school
Lena and Anders who have been paying this monthly contribution since July 2017. They both mean a lot for the school in Buchanan. Lena and Anders are considered the Mother and the Father of the school. They are our main international contact persons abroad and have been helping the school since they first interacted with the kids and the staff about five years ago.
Lena and Paul on the campus of the University of Liberia in 2014 before the Ebola outbreak
Thanks, Lena and Anders, for always being there for the kids and the staff of the school. We appreciate your assistance, care and love for the school.
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