ducation, rebuilding schools, life skills initiatives, generational rebranding and developmental opportunities for the less privileged individuals of Africa, with focus on  post war Liberia at the moment. Our programs encompass youth and adult education and spiritual development at all levels.

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Join the sisterhood in making the difference in the lives of  poor rural women in Liberia, West Africa.   Join the sisterhood in making the difference in the lives of rural women in Africa. The Yassah’s Sisters Livelihood Program is providing hope and empowerment programs to rural women in Lofa County, Liberia West Africa. Click here to learn more and get involved: http://www.changeagentlive.org/Yassah_s_Sisters_Program.php

MY VISIT TO LIBERIA IN 2011
I am Cheri Hoff Minckler, a leadership trainer and organizational development specialist in Lafayette, LA.  In November 2011,I traveled with a small team of professionals to Heart of Grace School in Lower Johnsonville, Liberia.  My purpose for participating on the team was to observe the classes and conduct a teachers’ workshop on critical thinking skills.  In Lower Johnsonville, something is happening; something as miraculous as a flower blooming in the desert.


In the midst of great need, there is a beautiful, well cared for school full of children and adults brimming with life and hope.  The school is growing because its members are reaching out to others to bring them into community. When I visited the school, I felt a strong sense of purpose that echoes Change Agent Network’s mission, “We are not just teaching children, we are changing minds, hearts, and lives—building a foundation for stability, peace, and prosperity so desperately needed in Africa.”

The school provides both shelter and opportunity.  Beyond that, educational resources are scarce.  The teachers have only a chalkboard and chalk and are doing their best to impart knowledge to 50 plus students in each classroom.  Books are a rare and expensive commodity in Liberia. The newly provided school library is a valuable and highly valued resource.  As the teachers and students learn to use the wealth it contains, teaching and learning will be enriched.

I am currently videotaping lessons for the teachers on practices and techniques of effective teachers.  In addition to instruction on teaching techniques, these teachers are in dire need of teaching aids to expedite and facilitate learning in the classroom.  These aids need to be durable and reusable. Expendables are of little value without a source of replenishment.  The teachers express their most critical needs as textbooks for their students and visual aids.


My personal goal is to acquire a set of textbooks for every classroom beginning with sets of readers for the lower grades.  You, who are reading this, please join me in this effort.  Know with confidence, that whatever is sent to the school in Liberia, whether books, computers, or money is used wisely and is somehow multiplied like loaves and fishes to serve not just the few but the many.