Top United Nations envoy toLiberia Wednesday called on Liberian families to make their children's education a priority as the country rebuilds after years of civil war.
"All children -- girls and boys -- need an equal chance," EllenMargrethe Loj, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, said at a ceremony commissioning the Banjor Community School in the country's northwest.
The school was recently rehabilitated by Nigerian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), who contributed their own money to give the facilities a much-needed facelift.
The blue helmets' efforts are "a small, but very important contribution towards the efforts made by the government," Loj said.
She paid tribute to the local community for its efforts to keep the school open during the past 12 years, although they were unable to prevent the region's heavy downpours and stifling heat from having a deleterious effect on conditions at the school.
"Schoolchildren and their teachers need an environment that is conducive to learning, to growth and development," she said.
Source:Xinhua
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