Educating and Empower Women in Liberia

Educating Liberian Women

Summary

To supplement costs for secondary and post-secondary education for girls and women in Liberia to prepare them for gainful employment and constructive participation in the nation's development progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $11,000 was raised for this project.

Received $11,000 from 2 donations from people like:

Carol Joanne
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Liberia has been devastated by years of civil war. In the few places where education is available, the priority for families is on educating boys. This education fund will supplement the costs for females seeking to finish their schooling and pursue post-secondary education opportunities, preparing them to contribute to rebuilding Liberia.

Activities

This project will support women’s efforts to improve their skills and further their education by supplementing their tuition costs.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $11,000

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $11,000 .  The original project funding goal was $11,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Recipients will pursue courses that prepare them to play a role in the economic, social, and political development of Liberia.

Project Message

Women's participation is critical to a peaceful future for Liberia. Women must have access to education in order to advocate for their needs and influence decisions in their country. Frances Fortune
- Oscar Bloh, Head of Programming

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Oscar Bloh
Head of Programming
Talking Drum Studio Liberia
St Joseph's Complex
Bushrod Island, Monrovia,
Liberia
231-226-440
Email:

Project Sponsor

Search for Common Ground

Organization

Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
United States
1-202-265-4300
http://www.sfcg.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in LiberiaLiberia and can also be found under Women and GirlsWomen and Girls.

For more information about Liberia, read the Human Development Report on Liberia or the Wikipedia entry for Liberia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 1, 2004

Latest Update from the Field

April 2006 Update

By Search for Common Ground - SFCG, April 19, 2006 03:57 PM

Read the attached document to find out about the latest developments in Liberia and other African countries. Available in both English and French.

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