WELCOME TO
The Garden School
OUR MISSION
Building the Future
The Garden School seeks to create an atmosphere that empowers children to learn through guidance and structured play. The goal of the school is to be the model for early childhood education in Liberia.
ABOUT US
The Garden School
is located in Gbarnga, Bong County, Liberia and serves children ages 3-5. Its safe and positive environment, its focus on developmentally appropriate practices ,and its use of local resources is unique in the West African nation. It provides a model education to Liberia’s youngest citizens.”
GROWING TOGETHER
The Whole Village
The Garden School educates adults, too. Every child has a parent who volunteers in the classroom to help teachers and build community. Workshops show parents how they can continue learning and development at home. Teachers from other local schools come for training. More distant educators can stay at the school while they observe. Garden School teachers spread its evidence-based practices to the community and country.
Opportunities to Give
The Garden School has been blessed already by people who have given generously of their time and treasure. The design of the school was donated. The time of the board members is donated. The time of the teacher trainers is donated. The design of this website is donated.
“Students at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland Oregon raised enough money to donate $12,000 to the school. An anonymous benefactor donated $50,000. Another person donated an even greater amount.
“Every person who donates time or education supplies or money to the Garden School can honestly say, after that, that the Garden School is “my school.”
This is what makes giving so enjoyable and so contagious. We hope that you will find a way to give to the Garden School so it can become, in keeping with its vision, the model early childhood school in Liberia and West Africa.”
GIFT AMOUNTS
FOOD
25
will feed one student for one month
200
will feed the same student for the entire year!
TUITION
40
covers annual tuition of one student (the amount the school charges; true cost is much higher)
670
will pay the actual cost of educating that student for a full year! ($40,000 divided by 60)
OPERATIONS
100
will pay for all supplies the school needs for one month
1,000
will pay for all operating expenses of the school other than food and salaries for a year!
HOW THE SCHOOL MAKES ENDS MEET
The Garden School has already been blessed by people who have given generously of their time and treasure. The land for the school was basically donated. The design of the school was entirely donated. The time of every board member has been donated for eight years. The time of the teacher trainers is donated. Students at the Oregon Episcopal School in Portland Oregon raised money to donate $12,000 to the school. An anonymous benefactor donated $50,000. Every person who donates time or education supplies or money to the Garden School can honestly say, after that, that the Garden School is “my school.” This is what makes giving so enjoyable and contagious. We hope that you will find a way to give to the Garden School so it can become, in keeping with its vision, the model early childhood school in Liberia and West Africa.
$3000
school playground
$4000
round-trip from the US of an early childhood educator (who donates her time) to work with school teacher for three weeks
$5000
all-weather football field
$6000
a teacher – the most important piece of all!
$10,000+
to start an endowment, so the Garden School will continue when we are gone
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Tax considerations:
If you wish to receive a tax deduction for your gift, we recommend that you give to the King Baudoin Foundation United States (KBFUS) for the benefit of the Friends of the Garden School fund. All gifts made to KBFUS, a 501©(3) US nonprofit corporation, are tax deductible for US tax purposes. All gifts to made directly to the Garden School, which is a Liberian nonprofit corporation, very probably are not tax-deductible for US tax purposes..
Means:
If you wish to give by credit card, click here to contribute.
If you wish to make an in-kind gift, please contact Stephen Griffith.
Ends:
Unrestricted gifts are welcomed with open arms, but dedicated gifts are also appreciated and honored. If you would like to make a gift to the Garden School for a particular purpose, please contact Stephen Griffith.
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