Princess Kortee is a grade two student at Yandisu public school, Lofa County. Before BRAC Liberia visited her school, the school had limited resources with a small number of teachers and no textbooks. There were not even enough desks and chairs for the students. Some of them had to sit on the floor during school hours while others would bring chairs from home to sit on. This was not just inconvenient but also hectic for those who carried their own chairs; especially the students who lived far away since they would have had to carry the chairs back home every day after school.
When BRAC intervened in Lofa County with the Liberia Education Advancement Programme (LEAP), it transformed her school as well as her community by providing them with an adequate number of desks for each classroom. The students can now sit comfortably in class while receiving lessons. BRAC had also provided learning materials to students such as notebooks, pencils, textbooks, etc. In addition to this, the teachers were also provided with enough teaching materials like chalk, ledgers, lesson plans, poster sheets, etc., amongst many other essential items.
“My friends and I are happy to have comfortable seats and better learning materials in class now,” Princess Kortee says. “I am very grateful to BRAC Liberia for making our school a better place for learning and I hope they continue doing so.”
