Educate West Point Incorporated

Giving Tuesday with Educate West Point 

Covid-19 has changed the lives for many, and the Educate West Point (EWP) staff and students continue to adjust to the new reality! 

The EWP team has supported community health during the global pandemic by distributing more than 300 hand washing materials, food for all 200 beneficiaries as well as additional community members, and provided learning materials so students were still engaging in learning at home! 

Since September, we have cautiously opened up the Early Childhood Development Center and are supporting the students in the after school program as they eagerly await to return to school mid-December. 

In other exciting news, EWP recently opened the first public library in West Point, filled it with books, and community members have already started coming in to learn how to read with our community education teachers!

Through all of it, we have been able to maintain active learning, staff morale, community engagement, and programs (with adjustments).

However, as many abroad face financial challenges we have also lost some critical funding. Approaching the next year, we are working to get ahead and close the $8,000 gap that still remains. 

 If you are able, would you be willing to contribute financially to support the more than 200 students in our early childhood program, after school program, and back to school programs?

 We can ensure you that every dollar received is put to maximum use to benefit our students in West Point, Liberia (and is tax deductible to those in the U.S.)

Thank you all - Stay safe and stay positive as we will get through this together!  

We at EWP are celebrating our second school year with the launch of our new Early Childhood Development Program!

 Educate West Point is a 501c3 certified charity supporting vulnerable families' access to education in the slum of West Point, Liberia.  With 22,000 children out of school, we have a lot of work to do!

Over the past 10 month, EWP has raised 10,000 USD to open the sister non-profits, the US registered 501(c)3 organization and Liberia based NGO.  We've sent our 24 children back to school with 5 years committed funding, including 2 meals a day, healthcare, and all school expenses covered.  

Through our Afterschool Program, we have 25 students developing core subject areas through individualized instruction and support while benefiting from computer training.

Through our Summer Leadership Program, our children have participated in 8 weeks leadership training and are currently furthering their self confidence through service project development and public speaking skills through peer education.

And now, it's time for us to open West Point's first Early Childhood Development Center!  We've acquired the building, now to renovate and staff it.  With the opening of our ECD center, EWP will be able to ensure our families' children can learn and play in a safe environment. giving room for our parents to focus on their income generation development and business training.

Our ECD center will allow us to take 60 children, aged 3 to 5, off the streets and into a safe environment to grow and develop, preparing them for 1st grade.  

We're almost halfway to our $5000 goal and a generous donor has hinted they will match this amount if we make it! 

A little goes a long way in Liberia, please consider us as your charity of choice to make a huge impact on some of the most vulnerable families globally.  

To learn more about the plight of West Point, here is an interesting article concerning the effects of sea level rise decimating the seaside slum.

To learn more about Educate West Point, find us on Facebook or on our website at www.educatewestpoint.org .

"the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the one whose do" -Steve Jobs
 
The ECD Building, Before (1)
The ECD Building, Before (2)

The ECD Building, AFTER(1)
The ECD Building, Before (2)
The ECD Building, After(3)
EWP Parent's "Thank You" Ceremony to all EWP supporters
Our first book donation, courtesy of Music from Liberia