Education
Source: Heritage
MONROVIA - The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) has unveiled a US$3M plan for the construction of a technical institute on the Robertsfield Highway, outside Monrovia.
According to the President and Founder of the Foundation, Madam Leymah Robertha Gbowee, the institute will provide technical and other professional skills to be identified for females from 7th to 12th grades.
She said the construction of the institute is intended to help advance the education of young Liberian female students.
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner was speaking on Friday, January 31, 2014 at a ceremony marking the 2nd Anniversary and Fundraising Gala of the GPFA.
The ceremony took place at the Executive Pavilion on Broad Street in Monrovia.
It could be recalled that in 2011, Madam Gbowee, President Ellen Johson- Sirleaf and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen were jointly awarded the Noble Peace Prize in the Norwegian Capitol, Oslo.
According to laureate Gbowee, a 5-acre of land worth US$10,000 has been purchased by her for the construction of the technical institute.
She said the foundation now needs US$3M to commence the construction of the project.
“You have seen a lot of challenges and tonight we are going to launch the AED Technical Institute for Girls. We, the board, has endorsed that we launch this technical institute in her honor and the construction commences this year. I have bought a five-acre of land and tonight, I will like to turn it over to the foundation and that land will be used for the proposed AED Technical Institute for Girls,” she emphasized.
The nobel laureate then reaffirmed the foundation’s commitment to providing scholarships for deserving female students.
According to her, the provision of scholarship to scholars is a “practical way of reconciling the nation.”
She mentioned that the Children’s Fund, with an initial budget of US$25,000, has been setup by the foundation to provide “emergency grant to children that has been thrown out of school” due to financial situation.
Meanwhile, eight (8) persons have been awarded international scholarship by the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa.
The beneficiaries are: Georgia Genoway, Ernestine Vulue, Yvonne Jallah, and Delight Tigoe.
The rest are: Anita Yawson, Welma Ewu, Korto Johnson, and Yamah Lavelah.