STOP MALARIA and AIDS IN LIBERIA (SMAL)

My mission to Liberia to help schools and students 2010, 2011 & 2012. My Target is to raise 100 computers for 10 schools every year for the next 5 to 10 years through small donations from individuals and institutions. In Addition to promoting health, SMAL also promotes quality education in Liberia

Computer literacy rate in Liberia is very low. Few students benefited from computer literacy program we sponsored. We need computer literacy programs in Liberian Public Schools

I donated few telescopes and microscopes. Science tools like telescope, microscope and etc are missing from almost every Liberian Public elementary, junior high and high schools

I was amazed when these students visited me to inform me about their schools and challenges they are facing as students

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As a child who survived Liberia's 14 years of bloody civil war(1989-2003), the pain, suffering and abuses were uncountable. Every sector of the Liberian society was devastated. The Education and health sectors are slowly recovering. Funds for these sectors are either misused or unaccounted for by individuals and government ministries. Many poor families can not afford to send their children to public high schools. The government currently provides free education from elementary to junior high schools only. Even though there should be no fees, there have been many reports that some schools still demand money from students in the form of registration fees.

The neglect of schools and lack of resources students and teachers need are common throughout the country especially in rural Liberia. There must be free public schools from kindergarten to senior high.

Liberia has 15 counties and 73 electoral districts. There is no function public libraries in all the 15 counties except in Capital -Monrovia. Building public libraries in all the 15 counties and district will help many students and teachers. In addition to to libraries, teachers must be adequate paid and provided incentives to attract good teachers to the class room and avoid teachers from leaving the classrooms. The Ministry of Education must decentralize both its administrative and financial powers to counties and districts. NGOs in the country alone with the Ministry of Education must be transparent and accountable in their discharge of funds and resources for schools.

Finally, the Government of Liberia must invest in education, research facilities and internet connectivity to public schools. Thanks to the arrival of the fiber optic cable from Europe to Liberia that is expected to go live in November 2012. The fiber optic cable must not only provide internet connectivity to government ministries and remain in Monrovia, but must reach the rest of the 15 counties and public schools and institutions.

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"There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace." -- Kofi Annan