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The Help Liberia Foundation Community School, our school located in Buchanan, Liberia, West Africa, has received a first aid kit for use on the children in the school.

The first aid kit, which was donated by UNICEF, contains cotton, bandages, plasters, gloves, tablets, towels, scissors and other first aid materials. UNICEF also gave a resource book for some of the school’s instructional materials.

Receiving the items on behalf of the school were two staff members, Esau Wleh and Elwood Lincoln, who thanked the officials of UNICEF and promised to use the kit according to its intended purpose.

Staff of UNICEF explained to the staff of the school, especially the main science teacher in the primary division, Mr. Samson Tweh, how to use the materials. The school has already begun using them.

We are thankful to the staff of UNICEF for assisting the school in this direction. It is our hope that other institutions and individuals will help the school in whatever way they can.

Our school in Buchanan, Liberia, West Africa, held its Christmas-break closing program on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.

The mini-closing program, which was held on the campus of the school, brought together students and faculty on the last day of school before the Christmas season. During the occasion, various kids and classes played specific roles, for example, reciting poems and Bible verses, singing songs, and so forth.

Mr. Andrew Garsuah, one of the administrators of the school and an old hand in the area of education, served as the Master of Ceremony. He used some of his motivational techniques to get the students to willingly participate in the program. It was fun.

At the end of the less-than-an-hour ceremony, the school served the kids some finger food – pop corn, juice and candies – which the children happily received. Some ate theirs on the campus, while others took theirs home.

It was a quite interesting occasion for the kids that attended, as some of them did not come in that their parents had already unofficially taken the end of the previous week as the beginning of their children’s vacation, although the school had not announced it so.

Meanwhile, classes will resume on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.

Our profound thanks go to all of you who continue to help the kids and the school in one way or another. We wish you Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

The foundation has purchased a huge plot of land for the construction of a school building for the school in Buchanan, Liberia.

The plot of land, which was purchased a few months ago, and which has already been surveyed, comprises four lots – or one acre, which is about 4,000 square meters. The land was bought in a community called the Bassa Community (in Buchanan), which is an area not too far from the current location of our school.

There is a street (unpaved) in front of the land, which is good news in that the school will be located on the road, and not in a corner. Standing on the road and facing the land, it is worth mentioning that the center-right side of the land is wetter and softer, while the center-left side of the land is much dryer and harder.

It may be recalled that the school in Buchanan started operating in 2005 with about 30 students, using an unfinished residential building, which we have been renting from the owners for the past seven years.

Our plan is to construct a 13-classroom school building in which the children will be transferred because we want to operate kindergarten, primary and junior high levels in the new building, if constructed. At present, the school operates only at the kindergarten and primary levels.

Some online volunteers – contacted through the efforts of Mary Smith of England, a very industrious partner of the school project – are helping to design the plan for the proposed building. The architects have completed the first phase, and they are working together to come up with a final plan based on the needs of the school and the condition of the land.

Yes, the new school year has started, and the children and the teachers and other staff members are working together to have a successful academic year.

However, before the start of the school year on September 5, Help Liberia Foundation Community School held a two-day teachers’ workshop – from Wednesday, August 31, to Thursday, September 1 – on the school’s campus.

Four lecturers were invited to conduct the workshop, which was aimed at professionally preparing the teachers before entering the classroom and molding the minds of the kids, but only three agreed to come – Mr. Andrew Garsuah, Mr. Joseph Garnio and Mr. Isaiah Ceegar.

Mr. Ceegar lectured on Lesson Planning; Mr. Garsuah presented on Classroom Management, and Mr. Garnio lectured on Teaching Methodology. The workshop was needful for the teachers. The inter-activity of the presentations of the topics made it even more interesting.

We have planned to conduct another workshop for the teachers before the start of the second semester, which will be in February 2012.

Our heartfelt thanks to the lecturers who presented, to the teachers who made use of the presentations and the support staff members who prepared the food and other things for the workshop. Of course, we cannot forget to mention all those who continue to support the school directly or indirectly.

Help Liberia Foundation Community School has officially commenced its 2011/2012 academic year.

The school year, which began on Monday, 5 September, saw the coming together of old and new students and old and new teachers. Although classes began on September 5, orientation was held on Friday, September 2, opening the year-long interactions that will go on between the kids and the staff.

At the start of the school year in early September, there were 104 students. Now, there are 140 kids, and there are signs that many will come in later. The school operates kindergarten and primary divisions.

This is the sixth year of the school’s existence. It was established in 2005 to help provide education to the underprivileged children in the community, and the school continues to help in that direction, as scores of children and their parents depend on the school for their education and, therefore, their future.

Our profound gratitude to all those who are helping or have helped us to provide the kind of assistance we are providing for the kids to go to school in a society where illiteracy rate is very high.