After 14 years of devastating civil war, peace came to Liberia in 2003. The war cost Liberia much of its educated population, and an entire generation of children are growing up with little chance to attend school or learn.
We are completing the 2nd floor junior high school and need 100 new chairs. The chairs will be hand made by local community members in Liberia.
Buy a chair for $20 here. Thank you!
Thanks to Max Higgins, Darian Robles, Yssa Saibe, Nathan Brown and Matthew Hicks who supported GLC for 10 years! They met in elementary school and are graduating from high school in 2018! GLC thanks you!
Growing Liberia’s Children’s chairperson, Michelle Des Jardins, and intern, Matthew Hicks, recently returned from a trip to Liberia. While in Liberia, they visited St. Paul’s school and met with teachers, administrators, students, and parents. One purpose of the trip was to explore the possibility of building a junior high school to serve the community. Presently,Continue reading GLC Chairperson’s January 2017 Trip to St. Paul’s School
Over eight years ago, Growing Liberia’s Children was able to re-open St. Paul’s primary school in Liberia with a full staff of qualified teachers. Since that time, we have been providing quality education each year to more than 200 children in a community where only a small percentage of school-age children are attending school due to povertyContinue reading Projects in 2017
Billy Hobson, a Senior at St. Augustine High School, is distributing and collecting coins for education for the Children Scholarship Fund for St. Paul’s school. Lean more by getting involved here!
Growing Liberia’s Children wishes to thank you, our supporters, for making all of these efforts possible. Because of you, over two hundred children who may not otherwise be able to afford an education have been able to attend St. Paul’s school since GLC began supporting it in 2008. And we have been able to lendContinue reading Thank You for Helping a Nation in Crisis!
While schools remained shuttered to prevent the spread of Ebola, thieves broke into the Charles and Janet Memorial Institute, a small school serving preschool and elementary-school students in Brewerville, Liberia. The thieves stole all of the school’s furnishings. Responding to an appeal by the school’s principal, GLC provided funds to refurnish the school so thatContinue reading GLC Provides a Helping Hand to School after Break-In
With the apparent containment of the Ebola outbreak, Liberia’s Ministry of Education announced the commencement of the school year on February 16, 2015. Still reeling from the devastating effects of the Ebola outbreak, St. Paul’s teachers and students were excited to get back to the classroom. Upon their return, they were treated to St. Paul’sContinue reading News From St. Paul’s School
In 2014, Growing Liberia’s Children was looking forward to the new school year, but no child in Liberia would return to school in 2014, because Ebola had struck their country, claiming thousands of lives, and in an effort to control the spread of Ebola, the Liberian government had closed all schools. These measures significantly worsenedContinue reading Growing Liberia’s Children Responds to Deadly Ebola Outbreak
growingliberiaschildren.wordpress.com 