Help Liberia Foundation Community School

HLF School Meets with Parents

On last Sunday, February 8, 2026, the first Patent-Teacher Association (P-T A) meeting of 2026 was held at the school, with parents, teachers, and the Board in attendance.

The main purposes of the meeting were to:

1. Clarify some issues concerning the change of decisions, which resulted to going back to the school’s old name;

2. Reduce the school fees to go back to the poor-children-school status;

3. Talk about how to encourage other parents to bring their children back;

4. Hear from the parents about happenings in the school; and

5. Distribute academic progress reports of the students.

After spending some time discussing issues and clarifying things, the parents thanked the school for making the decision to go back to being the school that is noted for helping poor children to go to school. They promised to talk with other parents to send their kids back where possible.

Besides the parents’ presence, a senior representative of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Alexander B. Toe, who also happens to the District Education Officer (DEO) of Grand Bassa County, was in attendance. DEO Toe thanked the school for helping the government to educate the children of Liberia, and he urged the parents to talk to their friends to send their children to HLF Community School.

The DEO of the county also promised the school and the parents that he will submit the school’s name to the Ministry of Education as one of the affected community schools in the county so that the government can help it with some school supplies.

The P-T.A meeting was held under a friendly and encouraging atmosphere. Thanks to all those who attended. A special thank you to the DEO of Grand Bassa County, Mr. Alexander B. Toe.

Thanks, also, to all those who continue to help us to keep the school running and helping the children get some form of education.

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The School’s Two Major Achievements in 2025

A lot of things were done between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025; however, there are two things that we consider the two major achievements of the year.

The first milestone achievement was the fixing of a flush toilet within the school main building for the use of both the kids and the staff. It was a super major achievement in 2025. And we are grateful to all those who donated toward the project.

The second major achievement of the year was the Board’s decision to have reversed its decisions changing the school’s name from Help Liberia Foundation Community School to Future Leaders Academy and increasing the school fees. The decision to go back to the original name and go back to the poor-children-school status was not only bold, mature, selfless, and responsible, but it was also poor-children-oriented, especially the fact that the reversal was done in less than two months of the announcement of the new policy. We are happy we reversed those decisions. We are also grateful to all the individuals whose words and actions caused us to realize the mistakes and to swiftly correct it.

Thanks to all for helping us to end 2025 quite well!

Happy New Year!

The photos show the repainted school name, one of the new toilets and the old pit latrine

Merry Christmas & a Prosperous New Year

On behalf of the Board, the teachers, and the kids of Help Liberia Foundation Community School, we wish you all Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

We pray for God’s unmerited blessings, including His protection, upon us all in the New Year! It is our hope that 2026 will be more fulfilling than 2025.

Decisions Reversed – Help Liberia Foundation Community School Stands

We wish to use this medium and this time to inform all, especially those who are connected with the school one way or another, that all the decisions made just before the reopening of school in October, except one, have been reversed.

As you will recall, based on our decision to ensure sustainability in the operation of the school, we made the following changes this year:

1. We changed the school’s name from “Help Liberia Foundation Community School” to “Future Leaders Academy;”

2. We increased tuition and fees;

3. We changed the school uniform; and

4. We changed the motto.

We have reversed all these decisions, except number 4. We reversed the first three decisions because we later realized that we took those decisions, especially #2, without considering the fundamental reason why the school was established and, that is, to help give education to poor children whose parents cannot afford to send them to the many expensive schools in Liberia. We forgot about that very important reason why the school came into existence in the first place.

Unfortunately, when we changed the school’s name and increased the tuition and fees, our parents who could not already afford the little registration fee we had been charging them for years decided not to send their kids to the school. They decided to either keep their children at home or send them to some other family members somewhere else to live. Our decisions are depriving these poor children a great opportunity, that is, to assist them get their education through a school that was primarily established to help them go to school.

In fact, because of our decision to increase tuition and fees, school enrollment dropped drastically this year – only less than twenty students were able to register this year. In a sense, we failed the poor kids who depend on our school to have a form of primary education.

And it hurts us to see this happen. We have seen that our decision is negatively affecting these poor kids. In a sense, we are disappointing these poor children and their parents, and we do not want it so.

More besides, in relation to the change of name, the school already has a plot of land with a deed bearing the name Help Liberia Foundation Community School. We also have a bank account with the name, Help Liberia Foundation Community School. The school is recognized by the government with the same name. In short, changing the name involves some legal complications, and we are not willing to go through those.

Therefore, we are making the following reversal decisions:

1. We are canceling “Future Leaders Academy” and going back to the old name, “Help Liberia Foundation Community School;”

2. We are canceling or reversing the tuition increment and going back to the virtually free-school arrangement that helped provide education to hundreds of poor students over the years. Parents will only be required to pay a little registration fee as was done in the past; and

3. We will return to using the old HLFCS uniform.

The new motto, “Preparing Liberia’s future today,” will be the only change that will remain.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we wish to apologize to all those whom our decisions to change the school’s original name and charge high tuition and fees have hurt or disappointed. We are very deeply sorry! And we thank you for your patience and your understanding.

Please help us to continue to provide education to the children of the poor parents and guardians in these Liberian communities. We believe that every child, no matter how poor they or their parents may be, deserves an education that gives them a better future. Help us achieve this goal.

We will be changing the school’s name back to Help Liberia Foundation Community School on our website, page etc., but this work may take some time to complete.

School Toilet Quite Complete – It’s Being Used

Our school toilet is quite complete, and both students and staff have begun using it, a quite great relief and achievement for the school.

We were able to raise some money locally to buy some planks to fix door frames and two temporary doors for the two compartments. We also bought some tissue, as well as buckets to be used as containers for water.

Our school has already opened, and it is a great feeling to start the 2025/2026 school year with a new and better toilet for the kids. It’s a major achievement.

We wish to use this medium and time to finally and sincerely thank the six (6) individuals and one (1) institution that helped us with funds to fix the toilet, namely, Mary Smith, Isabelle Eriksson Mozo, Anna Dobrowolska, Catherine Walker, Catherine Jamieson, Lena Thorne Marner, and Pepperadventure.com.

The first six photos show the new toilet, bucket and tissue, and the final two show the old toilet. You can see how much things have improved for our students and staff!

More Progress on Toilet – Almost Finished

Our beloved donors and sponsors, we are quite pleased to further report that the fixing of an inside toilet for the kids and the staff at our school in Buchanan, Future Leaders Academy, has advanced significantly and satisfactorily. We can now safely say that it is almost finished, except for a few finishing torches whose costs we forgot to include in the original estimate.

It’s worth mentioning that all major pipes have been installed in their appropriate places and positions. Also, the bio-digester septic tank has been fixed, with the necessary chemicals placed in it and sealed. The bio-digester septic tank is a new kind of technology relating to septic tank fixing, where a smaller tank is fixed with some special kinds of chemicals to prevent the tank from getting filled quickly and from polluting the environment with terrible odor.

Most importantly, the two commodes have been installed, and they were tested to see if they would flush, and each did flush easily and satisfactorily.

Once, again, our sincere gratitude to all the individuals and institutions that donated funds for the toilet project. We remain extremely grateful to you all.

Note: One major problem we have just realized is that we forgot to include in the estimate is some finishing-torch costs. For example, we forget to include the purchase and installation of a doors, as well as locks, to the two-room toilet, as they cannot be left opened while people use us. This is a dilemma we are facing right now! Besides the doors and locks, we also need to paint the interior of the toilet. And the total cost is estimated at $97, which we need to raise to complete the project.

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School Toilet Fixing Making Progress

Once, again, we wish to report that the fixing of the inside toilet for our school in Buchanan City, Future Leaders Academy, is making tremendous progress.

The administration of the school is glad and proud that the school will soon have a better toilet for the students and the staff, as well as parents and others who may visit the school. We are super happy!

So far, the necessary cuts and chiseling have been done in the building, several pipes have been appropriately installed, the bio-digester septic tank has been dug beside the school building, the appropriate fittings for the bio-digester have been fixed, blocks have been laid for the septic tank, and so forth.

Indeed, great progress is being made on the fixing of the school toilet, and we are super happy about it!

Once, again, our heart-felt thanks and appreciation to all those individuals and institutions whose good-will contributions or donations have made this possible.

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Toilet Fixing in Progress

We are pleased to report that the fixing of an inside toilet for our school in Buchanan, Future Leaders Academy, has already commenced.

As indicated some time ago, it will be a flush toilet with two separate commodes in a partitioned space, one for males and the other for females.

The engineer, along with his team, has begun cutting sections in walls and on the floor for the installation or running of pipes.

We promise to provide progressive periodic updates on the works in various articles.

The photos show the workers chiseling floors and walls for the installation of pipes and commodes, as well as the initial installation of pipes. Another article will come in two or three days’ time to show additional progress.

Our school, Future Leaders Academy, remains grateful to all those who contributed to this project.

Our School has a New Name: Future Leaders Academy

The Board of Directors of the school in Buchanan, as indicated in a previous article, has introduced some changes in the operation of the school.

The new changes affect the name, the motto, the logo, and the uniform. The name is no longer Help Liberia Foundation Community School. It has been changed to Future Leaders Academy (FULA, for short).

The motto has also been changed from “Little is much to the needy” to “Building Liberia’s future today.”

In addition, the logo of the school has also been redesigned, showing three smiling kids reading from a book on a table.

Besides, the uniform has been changed to a new color and a shade of uniform. When classes commence, and the students start wearing the new uniform, there will be a separate article dedicated to that.

It’s important to inform you, also, that the school buildings are still being painted, and there will be more drawings and designs placed on them by the printer.

At this juncture, we wish to indicate that we are profoundly grateful to all those who have helped us and continue to help to make the school operational. It is their selfless donations that are helping the school to remain functional.

We are pleased to introduce, and welcome you to, Future Leaders Academy (FULA) where we are building the future of Liberia today!

We will be changing the school’s name on our website, page etc., but this work will take some time to complete.

The photos show the new name and motto printed on the main school building, and educational drawings painted on the small building.

School Toilets Fundraising Successful – Thanks to All Donors

The fundraising recently launched for the purpose of fixing toilets for the kids and the staff in the school has successfully come to an end, with the total of USD686 raised for the project.

The total estimated cost of the project was USD683, but we were able to raise USD686, which is USD3 more than the estimate. This is a significant achievement for all – the donors, the school, the kids, the staff, the parents, the Board, etc.

The total amount raised from fundraising came from six individuals and one institution, named, respectively, as follows: Mary Smith, Isabelle Eriksson Mozo, Anna Dobrowolska, Catherine Walker, Catherine Jamieson, Lena Thorne Marner, and Pepperadventure.com.

Pepperadventure is a Swedish-based tourist and expedition organization that organizes periodic tourist-related trips and travels for people in Europe, who want to visit Liberia.

Pepperadventure is the leading organization in Europe for special tourist-related trips to Liberia, and the cost is reasonable. It has been in existence for more than ten years. It is owned and operated by Lena and her husband (Anders).

On behalf of the Board, the kids, the staff, and the parents, we would like to extend special thanks and appreciation to the six individuals, as well as Pepperadventure, for willingly and selflessly donating to the toilet project! We remain profoundly grateful!

The construction work will begin, and we will update you all on the progress made at specific points.

Once again, a very big THANK YOU to all of you for your kindness! Thanks a lot for remembering the kids in Liberia, especially in Buchanan! We did it together!