The Kwatekeh Africa Stay-in-School Scholarship Program for Young Women

Young women in rural Liberia are often way behind in schooling. When families cannot afford to send all of their children to school, daughters are usually the ones who are forced to drop out or never enroll at all. Many students drop out over and over again, some get discouraged and end up quitting, and some get pregnant and never return to finish their education.

In September 2019 Kwatekeh began sponsoring 23 young women (ages 12-24 in grades 1-10) in various local schools, and one in University. Kwatekeh pays all their schooling expenses, provides uniforms, book bags, notebooks, pencils, pens, etc.

This is a life-changing program that has already given great hope to the students, who for the first time, can see a path forward for their lives.