Today we met with some various organizations of the Lutheran Church, including the Supervisor of the Lutheran School System, the Head of Christian Education, head of youth ministry the President and secretary of The Womens’ Ministry, Head of Urban Ministry, and The Lutheran Bishop. It was a day filled with alot of facts and statistics. Some uniting threads of all the conversations were: 1) The destruction and devastation that the war caused 2) The move from relief to development and in tandem the attempts to rebuild infrastructure and capacity 3) Education and 4) Female Empowerment/the role of woman/gender equality in Liberia. The education system was particulary interesting to learn about. The Lutheran School system, runs from Sept -June, (a shift from what they did before, pre-war; March to December). Kids start around age 4 to 5,
... read more