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On Monday, November 12, 2018, nine of the ten European guests, including some regular sponsors of the school, visited the campus to interact with students, staffers, and parents.

The guests posing behind the gifts

The visitors were headed by Lena Marner. Among the nine guests were seven Swedish, one Norwegian, and one Danish. A special program in honor of the guests was held, with students performing various activities to the delight of the guests, as well as parents who attended.

School choir singing during the program

It is worth noting that the visitors brought several, various gifts for the school and the kids, and the gifts included jerseys for our boys’ and the girls’ teams, footballs and various sporting items, games, instructional materials, books, food (rice), and many other items.

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The nine persons who visited the school were as follows:

1. Lena Marner
2. Gunnar Hammarström (husband of Anneli)
3. Anneli Hammarström (wife of Gunnar)
4. Liselott Larsson
5. Charlotte Larsson (Danish)
6. Emilie Ekengren
7. Kaisa Ellström
8. Mona Soerensen (Norwegian)
9. Lenita Björk

We are grateful to the guests for their visit and for the many gifts they brought for the school and the kids.

Help Liberia Foundation Community School, our school located in Buchanan City, has fixed additional fifteen (15) desks for the kids attending it.

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The fixing of the additional desks is in fulfilment of our desire to provide seats for all of the students in our school vis-à-vis the huge influx of kids into the school this academic year.

We are especially grateful to our Swedish friends and sponsors who are helping us through the effort of Lena and Anders to help these kids get a better future.

A few of our friends in Sweden have donated some items and cash to the school, and the school is grateful to them for the donations.

Staffers displaying clothes at the school

The donations, which included five (5) phones, few pieces of clothing, few school supplies, and US$416 (Four Hundred Sixteen United States Dollars) were, on behalf of the donors, presented to the school by Lena Marner when she visited the school during the Gala Celebration.

More clothes donated to the school

The phones and the clothes were sent by Elizabeth Thorne and her family. Elizabeth is one of our school’s regular friends and sponsors. Of the US$416, US$200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) came from Lotten Zetterstrom and Anna Klara, who sent the money for the purchase of school supplies for the kids in the school. The balance US$216 (Two Hundred Sixteen United States Dollars) came from Anneli and Lena and her family, who are regular sponsors of the staff and the kids.

The phones sent by Elizabeth

We are grateful to Elizabeth and her family, Lena and her family, Lotten, Anna, and Anneli for continuously helping us and the kids in Buchanan, Liberia.

Help Liberia Foundation Community School located in Buchanan celebrated its 13th Anniversary on April 25, 2018, in the City of Buchanan.

Lena taking the podium to deliver her speech to the audience

The program brought together students, staff, parents, civil society organizations, residents and well-wishers.

The program was comprised of songs, quizzing competitions, recitations, speeches, dances, crowning and sashing of the school’s Queen and other royal members.

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The Guest Speaker was Mrs. Lena Thorne Marner, the Mother of the School, who traveled to Liberia and spoke to the attendees. As indicated before, she spoke on the topic: “The Importance of Education in the New Liberia,” encouraging parents and students to see the role education plays in the lives of individuals and countries.

At the end of the in-door program, the attendees, including the students, were served food and drinks.

During the evening hours, there were football and kickball games between the Hope Academy and our school. For the football game, our boys drew with the boys of Hope Academy, while for the kickball, our girls beat the girls of Hope Academy.

It was indeed a wonderful day for all.

Note: There will be other articles about the celebration and about Lena’s visit to Liberia.