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On Monday, December 2, 2024, the campus of our school in Buchanan, Help Liberia Foundation Community School, was the scene of interactions, fun, play, Liberian games, Norwegian games and so forth, when the three guests from Norway visited the school.

The three guests, as announced in an earlier article, were Sissel and her two daughters, Ida and Hanne.  They arrived on the campus with their tourist guide, Ambrose.

Three of the school’s Board members, Paul, Monica, and James, were present, and they welcomed the guests to the school. The teachers were also present.

We started with a short in-door welcome program organized by the school, where students performed various roles, including recitation, songs, Bible quotations, etc., and teachers also participated.  

Board members, as well as the visiting guests, also made special remarks at the program. Sissel indicated that she was pleased to be in Liberia, and to especially be with the kids at the school. She encouraged the kids to pay attention to their education so that they can have a better future. Sissel also told the students that she was impressed with their performance.

Sissel and her daughters assured the kids that when they go back to Norway, they will continue to remember the kids and the school and, where necessary, they will also talk with other people in Norway about the school and to seek their assistance for the school.

Ida and Hanne also made separate remarks, talking about the places they live in Norway and the activities they are involved in Norway.

After the in-door program, all attendees, including the Board members, the guests, the teachers, and the students went outside to have fun, playing all sorts of games on the campus. Ida and Hanne taught the students and staff some Norwegian games, while the students taught Ida and Hanne some Liberian games. It was a real day for games and fun at the school, and both the kids and our guests enjoyed every moment of it.

Sissel and her girls donated some school materials, books, rice, and items for games such as jump rope, freebies. Sissel also donated USD400 to the school, which money was presented to Mrs. Monica Sackie, a member of the Board.

At some point during out-door games and fun, the Board members informed Sissel about the four lots of land the school has purchased and is planning to construct a modern school building whose cost is more than US$60,000. Sissel became instantly interested and wanted to see the land, and the school Board members took her there. She was impressed.

The school Board members appealed to her to also talk with other people in Norway to help the school construct its proposed building whose total cost is USD67,813.71.

Thank you, Sissel and daughters, for visiting Liberia and, especially, for visiting our school, a school built for the education of poor children in Buchanan.

We at the school encourage all individuals and institutions of good will to kindly help us raise money for the construction of our new school building.

Three citizens of Norway will be visiting Liberia this week, and they plan to visit Help Liberia Foundation Community School in Buchanan on December 2 to see and to spend some time with the students, the teachers, and the Board of the school.

The three visiting guests, all females, are Sissel and her two beautiful daughters, Ida and Hanne. Ida is the older daughter, while Hanne is the younger daughter, but they are all grown and independent women.

Sissel lived in Liberia as a child from 1970 – 1977, and this 2024 trip to Liberia is her first time returning since she left Liberia in 1977, that is, nearly 50 years ago. She’s coming to see the country she once lived in when her parents worked with LAMCO.

In Norway, Sissel works as a nurse, while Hanne is a veterinary nurse, and Ida works in the fisheries industry.

Their visit to the school in Buchanan, as indicated earlier, is set for Monday, December 2. We are excited over the news that Sissel and her two daughters will be visiting Liberia, and they have made visiting the school part of their plans. We are grateful and look forward to seeing them and interacting with them.

Members of the Board of Directors of Help Liberia Foundation Community School made a one-day trip to the school in Buchanan City yesterday, Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

They visited the school to see the students, the teachers, view the environment in which the school is being operated, and discuss some things about the school and its operation.

Board members making the trip included Madam Monica Sackie, Cllr. Aaron Kartee, Mr. James Sumo, Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry. Cllr. Lawrence Tomah could not form part of the trip because he had a case at the Supreme Court of Liberia.

The Board members intend to make regular trips to the school as they think about ways to improve things at the school and make the school a better institution for learning.

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.

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.

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.