By: Edmund C. Gbarwee, Nimba D-9 TV Public Health Reporter, ceo@onenimbahouse.com Nimbad9tv2018@gmail.com +231778070604
Bong County, Liberia – June 23, 2025: In Liberia’s most remote villages, early childhood education is not just a need; it is a lifeline. Yet, for countless children across rural communities, school remains out of reach due to overwhelming barriers: a lack of trained, government-paid teachers, crumbling infrastructure, poverty, and the absence of sustainable support.
Amid these challenges, one grassroots organization is making an extraordinary impact. Since its founding in 2018, The Institute for Human & Services Liberia Inc. (TIHS-Liberia) has become a beacon of hope in underserved regions, most notably in Gbinsyta, Boryama Clan, Lower Bong County, where it constructed a school and launched education access programs that now touch lives in Bong and Nimba Counties.
“For many children, especially girls, sponsorship is the only bridge to education,” says Mr. Papay S. Kamara, Executive Director of TIHS-Liberia. “They’re fighting more than poverty; they’re fighting tradition, inequality, and the indifference that surrounds them.”
Backed by a dedicated team and partners like Dr. Lamin Tombekai Kamara (Board Chair of TIHS USA), TIHS-Liberia has donated school materials, trained volunteer teachers, paid tuition fees, and offered community outreach programs. All these efforts have been achieved without direct government or donor funding, only through community-driven efforts and the generosity of private individuals.
Champions such as Mr. Jeffrey N. Yates (Head of LEITI Secretariat), Mrs. Mary Kieh (CEO of Robert Moore Memorial Health Care Center), and Mr. Wilson B. Kahnplay Jr. (HR Coordinator at NASSCORP) and partners like Women Empowerment Forum Liberia and Sam’s Mission for Liberia have played vital roles in keeping rural children in classrooms.
Yet, progress is now under threat.
“We’re experiencing donor fatigue,” Kamara laments. “Some of our community schools have shut down. The need hasn’t disappeared, only the support.”
TIHS-Liberia is urgently appealing to the Ministry of Education, international NGOs, county authorities, philanthropists, and well-wishers to step in and partner with them to sustain and expand early childhood education in rural Liberia.
Kamara’s message is clear: “Every child deserves to learn, no matter where they live. With just a little more support, we can transform entire communities, one classroom, one child at a time.”
Contact & Support Information
- Email: tihsliberia@gmail.com
- Website: www.tihsliberia.com (currently inactive)
- Phone Numbers: +231 886 674 017 / +231 776 674 017
- Mobile Money / Sendwave: +231 888 154 062
- Account Name: The Institute for Human & Services Liberia Inc.
- Bank: United Bank for Africa Liberia Limited
- USD Account: 53030550011029
- LRD Account: 53030550011036
