The March for Science went as far as Ganta, Liberia, where students and community members marched in support of STEM on Earth Day: April 22nd, 2017. Elementary and high school students made signs to commemorate the event, and crowds paraded through Read More …
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Two Esteemed US Scientists Award Scholarship to Three Liberian Medical Students
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 …
2017 Winter-Spring Fundraising Concert
Come and experience the culture-rich, longstanding tradition of the I-Help Liberia concert! The first concert of 2017 will fall between March and the end of April, and will once again feature the Golden Voice of Liberia, Princess Fatu Gayflor. Stayed tuned Read More …
I-Help Liberia 2016 Trip Report Release
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 …
Benjamin Xu
TEDx Presentation: Bringing Science Quiz Bowl to Liberia
The I-HELP Liberia Project Annual Trip to Liberia 2015 Report
Enhancing Science Education in Liberia Michelle Chan, Amy Pan, Alison Zhao, Edward Zhou June 18 – July 4, 2015 Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 2.1 The I-HELP Liberia Project 2.2 Our Trip to Liberia 3 Observations in Liberian Schools Read More …