MONROVIA, April 13 (LINA) - Global Outreach, a non-governmental organization based in the United States of America has donated several educational materials estimated at US$27, 000 to three schools in the Monrovia suburb of Paynesville.
The items, including nine desktop and three laptop computers, three printers, footballs and jerseys, were donated to the St. Michael, St. Louis and Worldwide Mission Elementary and Junior High schools in Paynesville city.
Presenting the items on behalf of the organization Saturday, Global Outreach Mission representative in Liberia, Jeremiah Tulay said the gesture was a way of identifying with educational institutions in the country following a civil conflict.
Mr. Turlay, who graduated from the St Michael Elementary and Junior High School, recounted difficulties that academic institutions encountered during the civil conflict in Liberia, saying that his organization will also extend similar assistance to other schools in the country.
In remarks on behalf of the three schools, the principal of the St. Michael Elementary and Junior High School, Rev. Joseph Kanger, commended the Global Outreach Mission for the gesture, noting that the materials would help to boost the learning process at the schools, as well as improve sporting at the institutions.
Rev. Kanger promised to use the materials for the intended purpose, and urged the students to properly manage them.
Global Outreach Mission is a non-governmental and non-profit organization in the United States of America assisting needy academic institutions around the world.
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