A Day in Bong County
Yesterday we drove to Bong County to the town or village of Waynilah. It is past Totota and Zienzu! You turn off to the right and drive for at least 1 12 hours on village roads. (After driving 3 hours on Libeiran roads....same thing).
We came into this place with our Branch President and possible sight monitor John Moore and a funny but wonderful lady Esther Keleekai from New Jersey, Willingboro, but really she is from Liberia. She and her husband born to this county and raised their family in New Jersey. But her husband died and he left 50 acres of his family property to make this school and so she has. IT has been 4 years now in the making.
She and community and family have made it.
She has put a lot of her ownmoney into it but much of the makings come from what they have around them. Clay , Sand , wood and then they buy cement. It finally opened this spring but they are in need of water. There is no clean water in the area.
One of two brick making areas.
There are two brick making areas.
They are using so many and the people are really building fast before the rainy season begins in April .
The Keleekai Family has the goal to better the education of the children in this fast growing area.
There is no other school around for many miles.
she is bringing in trained teachers and building now a teacher house for them to live in. She knows that the teachers wont travel out to this area unless they have a place to stay.
The areas around this place are very rural. I will show you pictures of the villages (communities) close by.
What the school needs is someway for her school to become self sustaining.
She is always looking for any donations for this wonderful little school.
I will let people know when I find ones that really need help and will use your help in the best sustaining way possible.
close to their house.
The rocks are placed over a buried body to mark the grave.
Remember this country just has been maybe 10 years without war and only 1 year since Ebola.
Lots of deaths.
Lots of orphans .
Lots of teenage and middle age people with NO education.
14 years of no education has really taken its toll here.
Middle area is sometimes used as a cooking area.With the thatch roof.
After we saw the school we sat at a table in the womans porch and her daughter in law cooked us Palm Butter and meat (Liberians never put only ONE meat in a stew. Palm Butter is a special treat for them and They make a stew or soup with it. They add Fish and Chicken and pork or crawdads or whatever they have . SOmetimes the crawdads, little lobsters are almost moving.
After the meal we journeyed back to Monrovia. However we always shop along the way .The best and cheapest fruit and vegetables are on the sides of the road. Our guests ust dont like it when we get out of the truck because the price goes up.
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