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Global
Orphan Outreach
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Global Front Foundation
One
of the surest ways of
promoting an enhanced and sustained agriculture program in any
Liberian community is through the full involvement and active
participation of the young people. And one way to enlist youth
participation is by incorporating an agricultural program into their
respective schools.
In
time past, schools in
Liberia taught Agriculture as part of the required academic
curriculum for the junior and senior high students (6 -12grades). As
part of the agriculture program, students in these classes cultivated
parcel of farmland for demonstration (practical) purposes. Students
were required to demonstrate lessons learned in their agriculture
classes by planting and growing crops. By so doing, products from
these students’ farms supplemented their dietary needs while
surplus from the farms were sold and funds generated were directed to
funding other student projects.
It
is with the desire to
reintroduce this practice within the Liberian school system that
Global Front Foundation seeks partnership for the implementation of a
Youth Empowerment through Agriculture Production
Project as a
pilot in a select number of schools in Bong and Nimba County.
You
can help buy the necessary tools
needed to implement this youth project by donating to this project.
Employ
Empowerment
Program for Low and Ordinary
Yielding (EMPLOY) is in the process of engaging in micro-loan
programs with the goal of providing savings and loans to the
vulnerable poor in Liberia.
The idea of establishing this
program came about through Jill McClure, an American who visited
Liberia in January 2008
after distributing money, medication, relief
items to orphans at the God’s Children
Orphanage
home and the visitation of several communities in the Jamaica Road
area on Bushrod Island. With so much passion to make a difference in
Liberia and her contribution to
the economic recovery program and
poverty reduction initiated by other partners of Liberia, through
Moses S. Forkpah Jr. (LIBERIAN), they developed this program to
promote grassroots economic
development in Liberia by providing loans
to local entrepreneurs to rebuild or develop local business
enterprises. Due to high interest rates and restrictions on loan
recipients, the formal banks in Liberia are not able to offer the
poor traditional banking services. These micro-entrepreneurs
will be
trained to have the necessary skills, experience and initiative to
manage their own business. EMPLOY aims at enabling/empowering the
vulnerable to improve the quality of life of families within Liberia
through credit and saving. Moses is very much about rebuilding
relationships first and equipping families with what they need in
order to qualify for a small loan. He is well respected in his
community and has many connections throughout Monrovia.
January 22, 2009
Update:
- Amount
given out to clients was in the tune of USD 70
per client. Thirty one (31) clients benefited from this loan.
- EMPLOY’S Lending
program has three cycles of solidarity
group lending. For the first cycle, it covers repayment plan
for 4
months.
- Everything
went well. Since repayment started on the 8th
of Oct., there hasn’t been any default. They have had 100%
repayment. It is because they have in place a very good credit
methodology that encourages clients to pay on time.
- This
cycle
ends on the February 4, 2009. And all clients who successfully
complete this cycle with good credit history will move to the next
cycle with an express aim of accessing another loan from EMPLOY with
an amount higher than the 70 USD.
You can make
a donation towards the Employ Project here:
Blankets for China
Last May, an earthquake killed over 50,000 people and left man more
homeless. Save the Children says that, "3 million infants,
children and teens have been among the worst affected". This was
a disaster of immense proportions. School buildings, orphanages and
small village towns were completely destroyed along with hospitals
and office buildings.
As
you can imagine, recovering from a
disaster that destroys EVERYTHING you own is not easy. However, if
you are living at or below the poverty level . . .it becomes nearly
impossible. Today, many children and families remain homeless. Many
others are left without basic necessities. And, It’s getting colder
by the day. Winter is fast approaching with overnight temps already
at freezing. Children remain without blankets.
As you tuck your
children into bed covered up with multiple blankets in a home that
has heat, can you remember these children? Kids Lake
(www.kidslake.org) along with Global is teaming up to help
raise funds for blankets.
1/7/09 Update:
There are many children in the
village who are much warmer now because of the new quilts. Notice the
housing/tents in the background of photos. This is what they are
living in, in below freezing temperatures. Most have not been able to
begin rebuilding yet, probably due to lack of funds. They were all
very appreciative. Kids lake partnering with Global has raised$1,500.
Thank-you for participating in this cause.
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"There
is no such thing as doing Great things in this world. We can only do
small things with Great Love."
--Mother
Teresa
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