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HLF School Introduces Long Sleeves for Sixth Graders

Our school in Buchanan City, Help Liberia Foundation Community School, has introduced the use of long-sleeve uniform shirts by all students of the sixth-grade class.

The use of the long-sleeve shirt is to distinguish the sixth graders, who are considered senior students in the school, from the rest of the students.

HLF School operates both kindergarten and elementary divisions, with the kindergarten division comprising ABC, K-1, and K-2, and the elementary division comprising grade one to grade six. Grade six is the last class in the school, making them the senior students.

HLF School Gets New Board Members, Holds New Board Meeting

New members have joined the Board of Directors of our school in Buchanan, Help Liberia Foundation Community School, and they held a meeting yesterday, Saturday, October 19, 2024.

Board members (L-R): Mr. James Sumo, Mrs. Monica Sackie, Cllr. Lawrence Tomah, Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry

The new Board members are Cllr. Lawrence Tomah, Cllr. Aaron Kartee, Mr. James Sumo, and Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and they have joined the old Board members comprising Mrs. Monica Sackie, Mr. Lincoln Blojay, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry.  It’s worth noting that Mr. Lincoln Blojay left for the United States last year; hence, he will participate in discussions online, but will not sign documents.

The main purposes of yesterday’s meeting were for the members to meet and get to know one another, for the new members to be briefed about the school, and for all to discuss some issues concerning the school.

One of the new Board members, Mr. Aaron Kartee, did not have the chance to attend the meeting, as he went to attend his niece’s high school graduation program.

At the present, the seven (7) HLF School Board are as follows:

  1. Mrs. Monica Sackie
  2. Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry
  3. Mr. Lincoln Blojay
  4. Cllr. Lawrence Tomah
  5. Mr. James Sumo
  6. Mr. Patrick Wolloh and
  7. Cllr. Aaron Kartee

We wish to welcome the new members, as we look forward to a cordial working relationship in thinking about ways to improve the school, which is established to help children from poor background get education.

HLF School Re-opens Its Doors

Help Liberia Foundation Community School, located in Buchanan, has opened its academic doors for the 2024/2025 school year.

The school reopened last month with less than 50 students, as many parents are finding it extremely difficult to register their children due to financial difficulties they are going through at this time of the year.

Some parents have even appealed to the school that we should allow their children to attend classes and that they will pay the registration fee later, which the school authority has agreed to, with the hope that parents will not default.

Our goal is to give education to as many poor children in Buchanan as possible, and we are appealing to all individuals and institutions of good will to complement our effort in giving poor children a better future.

The school bought some buckets and cups for the kids to use for drinking, as well as instructional materials for the teachers.

We wish to welcome both our old students and the new students, as well as the old teachers and the new ones joining this school this year. We all look forward to having a successful school year.

Can you help us pay our teachers?

Due to the economic hardship being experienced by many children and their parents in Liberia at present, many parents have not been able to register their children for the new school year.

Many, many kids have not started school because of the situation, and they may not even go to school this year, if nothing is done to change the situation around. If parents are unable to pay registration fees for their kids, how will they be able to pay the yearly tuition that many schools are charging?

Even for Help Liberia Foundation School, which charges a small fee for registration, the parents of the kids who attend the school are also still unable to register their kids, which is a serious problem facing many parents this year.

It is our hope that individuals and institutions of good will see the need to help these underprivileged kids to get their education.

For us at HLF School, a school that is established to help as many poor kids as possible to go to school, we will be able to take in many of these kids if we are able to get assistance from sponsors willing to help with the payment of teachers’ salaries. We need about $200 (two hundred United States Dollars) per month for teachers’ salaries.

We would appreciate any assistance from any individual or group in this direction, as we all try to help poor kids in Buchanan City go to school and have a better future.

The pictures show registration in progress.

HLF School Kids Help with Pre-opening Clean-up Exercise

Some kids of Help Liberia Foundation Community School came on campus to help carry out some clean-up exercise before the resumption of classes in the new school year.

They helped sweep the premises, including the classrooms and around the main school building and the annex built for the kindergarten division, as they expressed their willingness and readiness to start taking lessons.

The kids also helped with dusting the benches, cleaning the floors, and cleaning and re-organizing the Principal’s Office. In short, they helped give the school a facelift.

Meanwhile, a lot of children have not registered due to financial difficulties faced by most parents, which difficulties are a result of unemployment, very low income, etc.

HLF School is established to help educate poor children, but the school has to pay the teachers who teach there. And getting funds to pay the teachers is the main problem facing the school, as we need about US$200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) per month to be able to pay teachers monthly.

If we could get ten (10) sponsors willing to help with at least $20 each per month for support for teachers’ salaries, or if we could get twenty (20) sponsors with each paying $10 per month toward teachers’ salaries, the problem would be solved and the school would be able to take in more and more children from poor background.

Things are quite difficult in Liberia; hence, if nothing is done to help poor children go to school, many poor children will continue to be illiterate in the society.