HELP LIBERIA FOUNDATION

HLF School Introduces Uniform

Posted by Help Liberia Foundation on December 15, 2007

Students of Help Liberia Foundation Community School have begun using uniform. The uniform is introduced not only as a result of parents’ consistent call for their children to use uniform because of the lack of money to buy ordinary clothes for them every time, but also because of the school’s desire to uniform the kids.

The kids themselves had long wished for the day that they would have the opportunity to use uniforms. The excitement shown by the children on the day the uniform cloths were brought on the school’s campus epitomized their strong desire to use uniform.

kids in unprecedented euphoria as the uniform cloths are brought from Monrovia

Two tailors were hired to do the sewing of the uniforms, and they did the first-phase sewing right on the campus. Although the sewing of the uniforms has not been completed, some of the kids have already started wearing their uniforms to school.

the two tailors sewing the uniforms in front of the school building

Most of the kids don’t have uniforms because their parents cannot afford. The foundation gave some of the children uniforms free of charge. Those who have look great in their uniforms. The foundation is soliciting funds to be able to sew more sets of uniform and give them to the other kids whose parents cannot afford, a gesture which the parents and this children would really appreciate. A set of uniform costs about $15.00.

a few parents awaiting the distribution of their children’s uniforms

the Principal, Mr. Samuel Nimely, handling uniforms to parents

a few kids in their uniforms during devotion before classes

The introduction of the uniforms in the school is one of the greatest achievements of the school in its three-year existence. It’s also worth mentioning that Help Liberia Foundation is the only school that is using this type of uniform in the City of Buchanan. The administration of the school is contemplating applying for a special right for, as well as registering, the uniform with the government, through the Ministry of Education, so that all other schools can be prohibited from using it.

a cross-section of the kids in their uniforms

a cross-section pf the girls in their uniform; the ones wearing suspenders are from the kindergarten division

a cross-section of the boys in their uniforms; the ones wearing suspenders are kids in the kindergarten division