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OP-ED: Liberia’s Bold Experiment Shows Early Success in Delivering Quality, Affordable Education

OP-ED: Liberia’s Bold Experiment Shows Early Success in Delivering Quality, Affordable Education

After years of violence and the crippling impact of Ebola, Liberia’s education system was in crisis. 35 percent of our young women and 21 percent of our young men could not read a single sentence.

OP-ED: Powerful Dreams Have No Boundaries

Everyone in Liberia has one way or another experienced the powerful bite of a mosquito. Most Liberians, especially those who cannot afford to purchase a mosquito coil or net, experience restless nights, mainly during the dry season.

OP-ED: Be Anchored or Adrift?

I recall a scene in an episode of the black American TV series “Being Mary Jane,” where a character asked a question: “Although we all complain about the issues associated with being black in America, would anyone of us here choose going back to Africa (pronounced in a derisive tone), instead of suffering through it all, here in America?”

OP-ED: ‘Don’t Raze me Broh’ – The Freetown Floods and Liberia

Hundreds were killed and thousands were displaced from their homes last week outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone following a massive mudslide.  Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf briefly visited Sierra Leone to attend the burial of victims of the disaster.

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