The Women of the Monrovia
District Conference, United Methodist Church on Monday, September 10, 2012
officially opened the New Hope United Methodist Women Elementary School in
Mount Barclay for the regular lesson academic year.
The eight classrooms school was constructed
to provide educational opportunity for the children-mainly girls, of the Mount
Barclay community, has enrolled over 105 students. The institution though new
is now helping parents to get kids off the streets. “This is a hopeful sign
that parents of the Mount Barclay Community want to link up with the Monrovia
District Women in removing the children from the streets, especially girls,” Madam
Margretta Sieh, Principal, stated.
In a brief meditation to the
students, the Rev. Dr. Jerry P. Kulah District Superintendent of the Monrovia District
Conference called on the students to look up to God as they go through their
lessons. Speaking on the theme, “your future is in God’s hand” Rev. Kulah said
the school is a fulfillment of the mission and vision of the general United
Methodist Church in Liberia in educating the future leaders of the country. He
urged the students to take their lesson serious, adding “you might be the next
president or doctor of Liberia.”
The President of the Monrovia
District Women in a special statement delivered at the program thanked the
Women of Oak Grove United Methodist Church of Decatur, Georgia in the United
States of America for the partnership in educating the children of Liberia. She
praised Zoe M. Hicks and Madge Watson for their role in coordinating the
partnership between the two women groups.
The New Hope United Methodist
Women Elementary School was dedicated in February 18, 2012 by the Rev. Dr. John
G. Innis. The school has eight class rooms, offices for the principal and vice
principal, the secretary and registrar. The building is also equipped with
teachers’ launch and modern bathroom facilities. The school cost about
US$100,000.00
The school brings to 81 the
number of United Methodist Schools in Liberia.
