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:
The proceeds of CAFOD’s Family Fast Day today are going to help the fishermen of Liberia, like James featured in the video below:
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!”
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
We have just received a letter from Grandcess: May 30, 2021 LETTER OF GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES Dear Brethren, We the (Parents, Teachers, Students & Parishioners) of Grandcess, St. Patrick; humbly acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude our continuous inexpressible joy to you our Donors, Sponsors and family (HELP A CHILD SPONSORS). We also remain grateful to
A happy Christmas to all our supporters from the trustees of Help a Child Africa and the people of Grand Cess. Thank you for your support throughout this difficult year.