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“…building an information society in which human capacity is expanded, built up, nourished and liberated, by giving people access to the tools and technologies they need, with the education and training to use them effectively.”
Kofi Annan,
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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Liberia |
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With Liberia on the rise
from a civil war that left more than 270,000 people
dead, children parentless, and thousands homeless and
displaced, the country looks to a new chapter in
redevelopment and emphasizing on essentials like health,
education, agriculture, infrastructure, electricity,
water, housing and communications. However, with the
limited resources available, the country is looking to
the international community to assist in the rebuilding
process.
The Global Alliance for Technology and Education (GATE)
in Liberia is a part of the GATE network that will
assist in the redevelopment process through technology
training, scholarships and other initiatives.
GATE is engaged in a pilot program in Liberia through
its partner network (GATE in Liberia) to provide 200
students that show exceptional performance and
outstanding promise from 4 distinguished high schools
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Academic
Scholarships |
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Technology-infused curriculum |
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After school
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Monthly
leadership workshops |
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Consider these
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The present
ratio of girls to boys at the primary school
level in Liberia is 40 per cent to 59 per
cent, according to the Liberian Millennium
Development Goals Report by the Ministry of
Planning. |
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In West and
Central Africa, almost one out of every two
children (45 per cent) is out of school and
most of these are girls in rural areas.
Eighty-one per cent of children out of
school have mothers with no formal
education. Only 55 per cent of children of
school-going age are in school. |
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Years of civil
war have had a devastating impact on
Liberia. Civil war broke out in 1989 after
Charles Taylor took power and lasted for 14
years in two distinct phases of fighting. It
is estimated that the conflict killed
270,000 people and displaced almost one
million Liberians. Human rights groups
documented the forced recruitment of child
soldiers who were made to carry out
massacres at the behest of Taylor’s army.
The country currently faces the aftermath of
war with badly damaged infrastructure,
including limited or no access to clean
water or electricity for the majority of the
population.
A recent United Nations human development
report on Liberia found that more than three
quarters of the population lives on less
than $1 day, while the unemployment rate is
as high as 85 percent. Life expectancy is
less than 50 years and only slightly more
than a third of the population is literate.
At least eight percent of the population is
infected with HIV/AIDS. According to the
UN’s human development index, Liberia ranks
as among the most impoverished countries in
the world. |
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If you are
interested in the work the GATE is doing in
Liberia, please contact us:
P. O. Box 3200
1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
Republic of Liberia
West Africa
Phone: +2316552561
Email:
info@gatetoafrica.org |
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Statistics on Liberia
Population: ~ 3 mil
Education: 57% Literacy
HIV/AIDS Prevalence: 5.7%
Poverty: 85% living on US $1.00 or less a day
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