Montserrado County Electoral District #10 Representative Regina Sokan Teah has disclosed plans to construct a 24-bedroom clinic for the use of the district.
She said the project will undertaken by her office through assistance from friendly organizations, which she did not mention.

Rep. Teah recalled that since the establishment of the community about 27 years ago, its over ten thousand dwellers lack health facilitates, something she said is disturbing and worrisome, and added that constructing a clinic has been her dream.

Speaking at a honoring ceremony by the SKD Community women, Rep. Teah further said a piece of land (one lot) has been purchased for the construction of the clinic. She told jubilant residents that construction exercise would begin in October of this year.

She pointed out that the construction of the clinic will bring medical relief to the inhabitants of the community as well as nearby communities. According to her, part of her agenda is to construct a public school, which will directly be under the government of Liberia.

The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) lawmaker noted that the people of the community entrusted her with their votes so that she can give them the needed development.

She called on the residents of district to work together for the achievement of their development initiatives, adding that in the absence of unity, “we as district will not realize anything for the next three years.”

US Philanthropist Concerns For Disabled Students
Stresses Need For Quality Education

A visiting United States philanthropist from the State of Illinois, Madam Tricia Lauter has expressed concerns for the wellbeing of disabled Liberians. Not only that, Madam Lauter, who in the country as guest of the Liberian Annual Conference (LAC) of the United Methodist Church has also expressed the need for quality education for people with disabilities.

Speaking to The Analyst in an interview Sunday, she said she came to Liberia to volunteer her professional skills and services in highlighting the plight of students with disabilities, especially for the deaf, the blinds and others.

The US philanthropist said her coming to Liberia was made possible through the instrumentality of Mr. David Worlobah, Director of Hope for the Deaf School in Monrovia, which has links with the LAC of the United Methodist Church.

Madam Lauter, who is a specialist in Deaf Education at Illinois State University, said she visited several deaf and bind schools in Monrovia as well as rural parts of the country.

Some of the arrears visited, according to her, include the Virginia School of the Deaf, Home for the Orphans, School for the Integration of the Deaf and Blind, Christian Church School for the Deaf, The Catholic Rehabilitation Center and Hope for the Deaf, among others.

Apart from that, Madam Lauter said she used her visit to speak to teachers and principals of schools in Monrovia and rural Liberia; noting that there is an overwhelming need for government to embark upon what she called “special education programs” in public schools for disabled students.

According to her, she discovered there are more schools for disabled people than it is in the rural parts of the country.

Madam Lauter said “from my assessment, there are hundreds of children with disabilities who are not in school, begging on the streets of Monrovia,” and added “These children have been denied the opportunity to become informed citizens.”

“Students with disabilities must not be overlooked, therefore the government and its partners must act quickly to support the programs for disabled people to become productive citizens,” she said.

Besides speaking on the appalling condition of disabled students, the US philanthropist also stressed the need for teachers to be given the opportunity to receive special education training at university level so as to adequately prepare them for the task of teaching disabled students.