Classes in Session

The doors at Hope International are officially opening on Monday, September 12th. Just like here in the States, staff, students, and parents are readying themselves for the new school year. There is excitement, there is buzz, there are also some needs, both big and small, for the upcoming year.

During September, we will be sharing with you two specific ways to support the students and staff of Hope International. Be watching your email next week for our small donation/large impact Share a Chair campaign. Together, we will support the students in the classroom in the most essential way, by providing a seat at the Table of Hope.

Seated Together,

Jackie Frazier

Marthaline the Queen

Each day 1,200 students walk through the gates to Hope International School. Marthaline is one of these students achieving her dreams of an education.

Marthaline is a graduating senior in Hope International’s Class of 2022. She currently lives with her grandparents after the death of her father. She sells doughnuts as a street vendor to help support her family.

According to UNICEF, 15-20 percent of children aged 6-14 are not attending any form of school in Liberia. Only 54 percent of children complete primary education in Liberia. At Hope International, on average 95 of students graduate each year. Our first graduating class was in 2013, and to date, 528 students have graduated.

Thank you for supporting the dreams and education of Marthaline and the other 1,200 students of Hope International.

Together, we are The Hope Project.

Before Our Very Eyes

Vera

If you have been with The Hope Project over the years, you have met Vera. We have watched her grow up right before our eyes. She is the student who was featured in our Hope Project video here. We followed her through her day as she graciously gave us a window into her world.

Vera lives right outside the school fence and shares her home with her extended family.

We wanted to provide you with an update on Vera. She still lives just outside of the school gate and is now 15 years old and will be entering grade 6. She loves school and takes on challenging coursework and participates in school sporting activities. She dreams of becoming a lawyer.

It’s for Vera and her fellow students that we exist, a partnership that educates and prepares Liberia’s youth to lead their families and country into a future of Hope.

Together, we are The Hope Project.