ADVENTURE OF FAITH
HISTORY
Liberia is significantly behind most other African countries in nearly all education statistics. It has one of the world’s highest levels of out-school children, with an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of 6–14 year-olds who are not in class. Coming from such country with low educational standard, Mr. Nyonkor having been blessed by the Lord to have traveled to the United States of America, where he is now achieving better education, receive the burden to look back where he originated concerning the difficulties in achieving same quality education. He prays to be help back to so many children who he believes when they are well educated, they will have great impact on the societies. “They are the teachers, doctors, journalists, engineers and politicians of the future”. Through his desire for these Liberia Children, Mr. Henry S. Nyonkor delivers the New Light Vision Christian Institute in Paynesville, Monsterrado country, Liberia. He believes that education is the great equalizer: It can open the door to jobs, resources, and skills that help a person doesn’t only survive, but thrive. This is why access to quality education should be globally recognized as a solution to poverty. The New Light Vision Christian Institute holds to the fact that a quality education supports a child’s developing social, emotional, cognitive, and communication skills. They also gain knowledge and skills, and often at a higher level than those who don’t attend school. They can then use these skills to earn higher incomes and build successful lives.
Liberia’ Introduction
The 14-year civil war of Liberia ravaged every fabric of Liberian society from cultural to economic, moral to social, physical to spiritual, agricultural, health etc. The war left more than 250,000 children parentless and tens of thousands of women widowed without any form of support, thus rendering them hopeless and vulnerable. People who have experienced these losses, and who are currently without care, can be found in each of the 15 counties of Liberia. The women and girls are vulnerable to rape and disease, and all people are susceptible to the HIV/AIDS virus and other communicable diseases that are prevalent in Liberia. The male population is exposed to the crimes of rape, drug addiction, armed-robbery and other violence. If this aggression continues for the next 5 to 10 years without being checked, the nation will experience serious difficulty in developing the programs it needs to recover. With an acute shortage of trained and productive human resources, the task becomes formidable.
The need
It is quintessential to be reminded that education is a basic human right. Yet in Liberia, children’s access to education is limited by numerous factors including constraints on national finances, poor infrastructure, and unskilled teachers. Many children still do not have the opportunity to learn, especially if they live in poverty-stricken or rural areas. Children living in poverty also face many barriers to accessing education. Some of these barriers are obvious, like not having schools to go to; while others are subtler, like the teacher at the school not having the training needed to help children learn effectively. Increasing access to education can improve the overall health and longevity of a society and grow economies. But Liberia’s educational system continues to face numerous challenges. These challenges have resulted to poor learning outcomes, over-age enrollment and huge number of out-of-school children. In addition, the education sector also faces serious equity challenges including important geographic differences in access to quality education.
Project Introduction
The current, post-war number of uneducated children, especially among the poor, the under- privileged and the abandoned, is at its highest level with few qualified agencies and individuals available to meet their needs. Though the national government has instituted a free elementary education for children, the issues and solutions for the care of Liberia’s parentless children remain unresolved. It is against this background that NELVCI finds it urgent and expedient to undertake the Academy project in order to give our fullest attention to this group of people at risk. The project is underway with much of the construction near completion.
Physical Needs
“A healthy population is a productive and prosperous nation.”
Our educational system (Academy) will include and provide quality health care through our health facilities and services to the students and the nation as a whole. We will also provide medical training in our health center for students of the Academy and other persons from the community.
Educational Goals
Our educational goal is to become a uniquely credible, visible, and creative educational empowerment force in Liberia, West Africa. We are committed to building and operating a superior pre-school and elementary and secondary school, vocational and technical training school, junior college, and a university.
Our primary focus is on Liberian children from a poor families and those and other children from socially and economically disadvantaged and underserved communities. When completed, the entire campus will accommodate a total of 200 students each semester
The project will serve children from 2-18 and illiterate youth.
- Pre-School — 3 years
- Primary School — 6 years
- Junior High School — 3 years
- Senior High School — 3 years
Sponsor A Child
The “New Light Vision Christian Institute” program has a monthly contribution plan designed to provide for a child’s needs under our care in our school. It costs as little as $70 a semester to support a child in our program on education, medication, and security. Your donation, regardless of the amount or size, will help supply, tuitions, Note books, Text books, Pens, Pencil, Bible, School uniforms, etc. With your partnership, together, we can provide the basics of survival for these precious children, body, mind, and soul. We are open to receiving school materials.