Liberia to Receive Help from CAFOD
The proceeds of CAFOD’s Family Fast Day today are going to help the fishermen of Liberia, like James featured in the video below:
Greetings from Grand Cess
After transferring the money for the school fees to Grand Cess recently we received the following message from Father Emmanuel, the priest in Grand Cess, to all our generous donors: “We remain grateful to you and continue to hold you in high esteem for your continued support in Grandcess. God bless you all!”
School Year 2023-24
The school year is progressing well in Grand Cess. They will soon be entering the second semester and there are 100 children in the school supported by Help a Child Africa. We are also supporting 5 young people in local colleges.
School year supplies
And we complain of our potholes when it rains! Thanks to the generous contribution from a private donor, we’ve been able to buy some essential school supplies for the upcoming year. They even shared a video with us, showing the supplies making their journey from Monrovia to Grand Cess.
End of the year thank you video
Happy Christmas to all our supporters from everybody at Help a Child Africa and thank you all for your continued support. Here is a video from Grand Cess of some of the pupils and parents of St. Patrick’s school. Unfortunately it is not easy to make out what they are saying (they are expressing their
Help a Child Ordination
We received this picture and a message from Liberia to tell us that one of the beneficiaries of the Help a Child Africa scholarship scheme, Melvin Toe on the right of the picture, has just been ordained a priest.
Interview with Liberian Charity Worker
A recent interview with an M.S.F. (MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES/DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS) charity worker in their magazine Dispatches caught our eye because the worker was from Liberia. She had had to flee to Cote d’Ivoire from the Civil War in Liberia in the late 1990s similar to one of our trustees, Father Sam Ofia, who, in
Diaconate Ordination
Congratulations to a member of the Help a Child family who was ordained in St. Theresa Cathedral in Harper earlier this month on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. “In everything give thanks. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.” 1 Thes. 5:18
Trustees Meeting
A sign of the times. We had our Help a Child Trustees meeting today via Zoom. All is well with the charity. We have just paid our latest installment of school and college fees to Liberia.
Progress Report From Grand Cess
We have received an end of year progress report for the children of Grand Cess who are sponsored by Help a Child Africa. Here are the highlights: Impressive retention figure: Of the 100 children sponsored 94 have passed their school year. Of the 6 who didn’t pass 3 will repeat the year and only 3