When applying for a LLL grant, nineteen year old Olive told us, “In developing countries like Liberia, the access to sanitary pads for women and girls are limited and expensive. As the result, during their menstrual cycle, girls stay out of school. This then leads to academic underachievement and possibly drop out. The provision of sanitary pads to high school …
From Sukey to Cece in South Africa
“From Sukey to Cece is a PG13 story meant for middle and high school readers. It is meant to educate students about slavery and also bring awareness of modern day human trafficking. This abolitionist story and all books in this series are written and illustrated by kids for kids. A big thank you to Love Like Lija who granted money …
Newcomers Welcome
This month we partnered with a school district in the Chicago suburbs. Their grant application reads “Due to an influx of Newcomers from other countries and students moving into our district, the English Learning Team decided to start a new club to welcome, encourage and support Newcomer students (any new student in grades 1-5) at each of the four schools. All …
LLL in Kawete Uganda
This project had the reach of LLL extend to Kawete, Uganda. We partnered with St. Louis area high school student, Hudson, who traveled to Uganda last year and learned about the specific needs for this school. He used grant money to purchase Lusoga language bibles and desks for CCLSU, an elementary-middle school. When Hudson visited, they only had a few …
Peace Summit 2022
LLL was a proud partner of the Peace Summit 2022 in Liberia. Thirty youths and young adults came together for the three day event to discuss “The Role of Youth in Peace Building.” According to event organizers, “Liberia is a country that has been ravaged by fourteen years of civil unrest and crippled by the experience of two deadly …
Clean Drinking Water
In June 2021, new wells were dug at three elementary schools in rural Liberia. The wells provided clean drinking water for over 1000 children every school day but there was no safe drinking water at home for most of the students and their non-school-age siblings, parents and elders. Most families in these villages fetched water from dirty creeks and rivers …
Leaders in Liberia
We are so grateful for the opportunity to again partner in Liberia. We sponsored a leadership development conference for over 75 young people. According to Rena who spearheaded the event, a young man from the African Dream Academy attended and said to send his “heartfilled thanks to Love Like Lija for partnering on this project.” Rena continued, “he hopes we …
Tent Communities
A team of St. John’s Lombard teens and adults completed a project serving at two tent communities in Chicago. Below is the beautiful report they submitted. “After all of the shopping was complete and the blessing bags were assembled God took the wheel and showed exactly what and who He had plans for. Francisco: Resident of a southside …
SURGE Mission Trip
A group of thirteen fourth, fifth and sixth who are a part of the SURGE Group at RockChurch in East Peoria were given a LLL grant to attend the Your Obedient Servants Mission Camp in Petersburg, Illinois. During the week, students served at many different locations in Springfield and Petersburg. At Washington Street Mission students served pastries and coffee to …
Leadership Workshop in Liberia
Joe is a young man from Liberia who came to the U.S. several years ago for a high school study abroad program. He is now a college student in the States and is passionate about helping youth in his home country. He established a Leadership/Career Development Workshop for forty-eight young people who spent a week listening to speakers, learning about …