7,000 School Kits Delivered to Liberia

Mennonite Central Committee
Saturday, 28 October 2000

MCC is shipping 7,000 school kits to Liberia, a country recovering from seven years of civil war. The recipient, Church Related Education Development Organization (CREDO), is a consortium of Christian schools that helps to supply basic school supplies to more than 75,000 pupils. An earlier shipment in October 1999 contained a similar number of these kits.

CREDO worker Nathaniel Bimba, now living in Alberta, writes, "Since the end of the Liberian war in 1996, tens of thousands of children have resumed education or intend to go to school. Many of these children do not have basic school supplies and books. Tuition is also a hurdle that keeps children from school."

"The war continues to create devastating impact on education as in other social and economic aspects of life," Bimba added. "CREDO has been performing an excellent role. Seventy-five percent of the schools and hospitals in Liberia are church operated. The government has not been able to do good service even before the war."

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