One year ago, the World Health Organization declared the West African Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern; in Liberia alone the death toll exceeded 4,000. Extreme poverty, a dysfunctional health care system, and local burial rituals all Read More …
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Library in Ganta Benefits from I-Help Liberia Book Donations
Over the past few years, the Liberian Mandingo Association in New York (LIMANY) and the I-Help Liberia Project have collected and delivered educational texts to schools in and around Monrovia. Thanks to these efforts, libraries at the Booker Washington Institute, Read More …
Weeks after Ebola Crisis Declared Over, NYC High School Students in Liberia to Aid Science Education
On May 9th, 2015, the World Health Organization declared Liberia the first of the “big three” African countries to be free of the deadly Ebola epidemic, which has to date claimed the lives of over 11,000 people. Sierra Leona and Read More …
Liberia’s Princess Fatu Gayflor Rocks NYC at the I-HELP Liberia Benefit Concert
On September 26, Hunter College High School had the immense privilege of hosting Princess Fatu Gayflor at the biannual I-HELP Liberia Benefit Concert. The highlight of the program, Fatu surpassed the standards she had established during previous years of fantastic Read More …
Two Esteemed US Scientists Award Scholarship to Three Liberian Medical Students
Dr. Jonathan Hart Moderates the Liberia Ministry of Education Science Bowl Competition in Monrovia, Liberia. Hunter College High School Students: President of the I-HELP Liberia Club Alison Zhao, Michelle Chan, Amy Pan, and Edward Zhou. One year ago, the World Read More …