Please read on for our most recent update

Imagine a village in West Africa. There is no clean water, no

electricity, no road transport. No one has ever seen a doctor or

visited a hospital. Food is grown in the fields and cooked over

wood sticks on an open fire. Children don’t go to school

because the nearest one is much too far to walk to. That village

is Whankai Town in rural Liberia and it captured our hearts

during a visit in January 2023. Playing games with the children,

giving healthcare talks to teenagers and worshipping in the

local church left a lasting impression that has impelled us to

join together in fundraising for a school!

Our target of £13,000 will provide for a traditionally-built

school that can accommodate the children of all the local

families. Currently, there is no school at all and the best hope

for an education is for a child to be sent away to live with a

family in faraway Monrovia.

A lack of education is a key factor keeping generations of

Liberians trapped in poverty. Please join us as we work with

Whankai Town Church to build for a brighter future.

We are also inviting pledges of monthly sponsorship donations

towards teachers’ salaries. For further information and how to

get in touch, please visit our website www.wildwoodchurch.co.uk.

Thank you for reading!

***** UPDATE *****

Whankai Town School Update – January 2025

In January this year, The 2025 Mission Team from Wildwood Church Stafford made a long and arduous journey along dirt tracks through the Liberian jungle to the remote village of Whankai town. We were keen to meet with the people again and view the progress of the school being built. As we entered the village, we were delighted to be greeted by around 70 children bearing banners, welcoming us on behalf of the newly formed Whankai Town School system. As we got out of the cars there was a tangible feeling of hope in the village, which had not been there on our last visit.

We discovered that 3 University graduates have left their families in Monrovia in order to enroll the village children into a newly formed education system and have begun to teach them already, in a small, dilapidated hut in the village, entirely free of charge, and without a salary, in the faith that a school will soon be built there. At great personal sacrifice, these men have instilled in the children a love of education, and given parents hope that their children may, in the future, be able to secure jobs and elevate themselves from the poverty in which they currently live.

Obviously, the teachers cannot work unpaid indefinitely, nor can they continue to advance the learning of so many children of different ages in one small room, so completion of the school build as soon as possible is essential for this great work to continue. The progress is looking good, bricks are being made onsite, and now that the rainy season has passed, with the necessary funds, building can continue in earnest.

Any amount you can donate will make a difference and help to get this much needed building completed and functioning as soon as possible.

We are also looking for regular sponsors to provide the teachers with a salary, until the system allows more self-sufficiency.