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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.

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.