rochliberia - Past Activities

Youth Initiative

Youth Initiative is a specially designed activity organized by youths of the school community where children and youth participate to acquire important key learnings to impact their lives positively. The September 2 Initiative focuses on child rights and responsibilities. This event was categorized by opening program with a guest speaker who delivered a Key Message on the rights and responsibility of children’s right, drama, play sessions, dance and kickball and football games.

Sub activities:

Ø Preparation of invitation letters

Ø Distribution of letters

Ø Preparation of program materials

Achievement:

The program started at the précised hour of 12:00PM at the New Hope community square. The program brought together the total of 75 people (32m, 43F)

Ø Community Leaders 10(8m,2f) teachers 3(2m,1f) coaches 4(2m,2f)

Ø Children 58(20m,38f)

During the program, children demonstrated knowledge of their rights and responsibilities through dramatization, recitation and during RCA discussions. The guest speaker Mr. Courage Brownel (Community Chairman) spoke well about the right of children and their equal responsibilities. He also called on parents, guardians and relatives to respect the rights of children all the times. In his speech, he pointed out the importance of the child right to education and emphasize that many children are not in school in the community due to financial problems and the lack of Pubic school in the community. He said children needs to be in school to become a responsible adult tomorrow. He then called on the government to construct a public school within the community.

During the outdoor activities, children and youth demonstrated confidence, residency, self-esteem and cooperation among peers. They also express the acquisition of knowledge gained from lessons thought by coaches, teachers and stakeholders. Some children pronounce their rights while other pronounce the equal responsibilities during RCA discussions. Likewise leaders fully participated in the implementation of play activities with hard spirit of confidence and cooperation.

Regular Project Monitoring and support visit

During the month June 2016, ROCH was able to successfully monitor and gave support to 57 (40(10f—30m) Montserrado 17 (5f—12m)Bong) coaches from the following communities: (Montserrado) Clara Town, West Point, New Georgia, Chicken Soup Factory, New Kru Town and Level III (Bong) Chief compound public school community, John F.Bakalu school community, J.F.Clarke school community, St. Matthew Academy school community, G.Dungbo School community, Jorkpenmue Public school community, Dorothy cooper elem. School community, Margaret Kennedy school community and Salvation community school community. ROCH supervisors supported in areas of weakness during activities such as RCA question and methods, more educational games for life skills like respect, resilience, cooperation, coordination, team work and attention skills were reinforced.

The total of 3,596(2,343M – 1,253F) (Montserrado – 2916(988f—1928m) Bong – 680(415m—265f)) children and youth participated in activities from Life skills and Health game modules. ROCH activities are regular sports and play activities gear towards impacting participants with some of the above life skills and educate them on the avoidance of preventable diseases as means of sustaining RTP’S sports for development program in Liberia.

In Montserrado, there were two meetings of the networks. The meeting were held on June 17 and 24 respectively at Juah Saweah and Fofana schools in Fish Market, Sinkor and New town Communities where discussions centered on RCA review and updates from coaches. The coaches express in their update that activities are ongoing as usual and that they needed more support visits from ROCH and RTPL. They also express that they (the Coaches) and their junior leaders need training in the new Play Based Learning resources to be able to align their activities with the objectives of the PAQE project. The coaches submitted their updated activity schedules. Reflect Connect and Apply refresher session was conducted by ROCH program coordinator Mr. Ansumanah A.M.Dukuly to strengthen coaches knowledge on how to conduct good RCA session.

The meetings brought together 40 coaches (NKT20 and FM 20) 10 female and 30 male. The detail is on the attendance list.

In Bong County, the meeting was held on June 24, 2016 at the Jerome Francis Clarke School campus where coaches give updates; and refresher on VOLUNTEERISM was conducted by ROCH Bong county coordinator in person of Francis D.P. Bendoe to motivate leaders maintaining their courage to continue conducting play sessions. The coaches reported conducting session with more children, games without equipment, and passive indoor games among others. Others express that children are exhibiting knowledge of life skills such as team work, empathy, attention skills etc. The leaders continue to ask about the honorarium promised them by RTP since last year and they want the matter to be address. They said the honorarium will motivate them and help them with transportation for the meetings. The meeting started at 2:00Pm and ended at 3:00Pm and brought together 16 persons (5 female and 11 male)

Right To Play Liberia since 2006 has always appreciate her volunteers either in kind or cash, quarterly, semi-annually or annually in her program locations. This appreciation happens to be one of it not the best appreciation ever in the history of the institution with rice and oil given at the same time.

Volunteer coaches were seen in a joyful mood as they received 25kg rice and 1 tin (5gal.) oil as a token of appreciation for the volunteer services rendered for ROCH/RTP and their community so far. On what appears to be a rainy day, 40 coaches (10 female and 30 male) received appreciation of the above items and quantities on June 24, 2016 at the Fofana School in Fish Market, Sinkor. The coaches thank and appreciated RTP for the kind gesture and pledged their wiliness to continue their services always in their communities.

Quote: I am very happy today; my entire life since I started engaging children, no one has ever appreciated me in such manners. This have made me realize the meaning of working with children and making them happy all the times. I will forever remember this gesture from RTP/ROCH.

Every year June 16 is set aside to be celebrated as the Day of the African Child DAC. Usually in Liberia the Child Protection Network CPN and MoGCSP takes the lead in the celebration with support from partner organizations. This year (2016) celebration was plan and implemented by the Children Representative Forum with support from the CPN and MoGCSP and with funding from UNICEF, Save the Children, Child Fund and Plan. On the program there were sports activities (games) to be conducted by RTP and ROCH.

The program was held in Robert Sports Grand Cape Mount County where activities were carryout beginning with a parade through the principle streets of Robert Sports ending at the city hall where the indoor activities were completed. The program brought together many national stakeholders such as the Senate Pro temp Hon. Amar Jalla, Grand Camp Mount County Senator Dargoseh, Minister Julia Duncan Cassette among others.

During the outdoor activities sport equipment (balls and T-shirts) from RTP were donated to the Children division of the MoGCSP and the Children Representative Forum by Restoring Our Children’s Hope (ROCH) National Coordinator Mr. Keifala Kromah.

The ground breaking ceremony for the save space for the children of Robert Sports was conducted by Senator Dargoseh in the presence of all the above stakeholders the speaker of the Children Representative Forum Miss Satta Sheriff and other partners and participants. The RTP printed T-shirts were distributed later to the children per county representation and footballs as well. The children happily wore the T-shirts and head for the field where the sports events were to happen.

Unfortunately the children didn’t get to play the games due to unsafe playing space.

Support to Teachers training:

In line with the plan activities of the Play for the Advancement of Quality Education (PAQE) project RTP concluded the foundational training for Teachers and commenced the Play Based Learning training in Montserrado and Bong Counties respectfully. The trainings which were conducted at separate locations (Hope Recreation Center and Emmanuel church Mont. And Normorn Kuyon Women Organization Multipurpose Center Bong) at SKD and S. D. Cooper road and Nimba high way respectively, brought together several participants from various schools of intervention (the attendance sheets will give detail of the participants attendance. ROCH staffs were able to give support to RTP training teams in both counties. In Montserrado, ROCH National Coordinator facilitated two sessions (Child Development and Building Community) and supported teachers during the games sessions of the PBL training. While in Bong County ROCH Bong county Coordinator co. facilitated sessions as well.