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 YOSHUDEA began its intervention to distribute books to Liberian schools
on November 12, 2008 with Partner organization, International Books
Project (IBP). The implementation of the evaluation component started
in December 9, 2008, and was completed on February 6, 2009.
The years of brutal violence in Liberia destroyed educational facilities, preventing youths, and Children from attending schools.
The evaluation was carried out in Grand Bassa, Nimba, Montserrado, Rivercess, Sineo, Grand Kru counties. It considered, in its evaluation exercise, developed and underdeveloped areas, as revealed by the demographic and population report issued by Liberia Institute of Statistics, Geographic (LISGIS). A total of 59 schools were in the enumeration area of the project. Taking into consideration the population of 3,489,072 people with 15 political sub-divisions (counties), and the conditions within these counties as to education, volunteers were trained, and deployed to prepare the enumeration area maps to identify the situations. Schools that were targeted are public schools, orphanages, community schools, colleges, and universities.
Post war-Liberia has 65% illiteracy rate among the young people. Liberia is now in its recovery process and the educational system is, to some degree, becoming effective with the effort of government and humanitarian interventions of the international community and other organizations. YOSHUDEA and IBP partnership project has identified potential needs for the standard of modern educational system in Liberia.
Executive Director, Chester T. Neese said that based upon the assessment’s finding, both partners agreed to provide educational facilities for young people in Liberia. Through the efforts of Mr. Mosoka Fallah who is a student of PHD in Medical Science at the University of Kentucky, USA and his brother, Mr. Aruna Fallah who is the board Chairman of YOSHUDEA, Inc. YOSHUDEA is able to have such a great project for the benefit of our country. On the 29th of May, 2009, 10,000 text books arrived at the National Port of Authority (NPA) of Liberia for the first face of the project.
In a statement, the Executive Director of IBP, Madam, Rachel Lewis, assured that the students and the educational system of Liberia will receive help with the arrival of this consignment of books, especially building the capacity of schools through text books donations, and other important educational facilities.
Mr. Neese said that he is making arrangement with Madam Rachel Lewis on the issue of libraries building and renovation in Major project target counties, and is seeking the support of the government, young volunteers, donor agencies, and potential partner organizations to join this great vision of young Liberians.
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Youth in Stand of Humanity and Developmental Action (YOSHUDEA),
Incorporated www.yoshudea.org, and International Books Project (IBP)
www.int’lbookproject.org,
Partnership Project-Liberia
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