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SOKS Foundation’s Founder, Sam Siebu, Provides Additional Academic Scholarships for 5 Female Liberian Students

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  Samuel Siebu , SOKS Foundation founder, has recently taken another major step towards his lifelong dream of awarding full waiver academic scholarships to 250 students from his native Liberia. This week, Samuel Siebu opened his heart and finances to help five deserving students of the ‌Annie‌ ‌T.‌ ‌Doe‌ ‌Memorial‌ ‌Academy by awarding them full academic scholarships.‌ With his ‌generous‌ ‌support,‌ these five female students are able‌ ‌to‌ ‌receive‌ ‌a quality,‌ ‌tuition-free,‌ ‌Christian-‌based ‌education‌ ‌in‌ ‌Buchanan,‌ ‌Liberia,‌ ‌West‌ ‌Africa.‌ ‌Along‌ ‌with‌ ‌a‌ ‌quality‌ ‌education,‌ ‌this sponsorship provides ‌students supplies, uniforms, and‌ ‌a‌ ‌free‌ ‌lunch‌ ‌daily. ‌Sadly,‌ ‌this‌ ‌may‌ ‌be‌ ‌the‌ ‌only‌ ‌meal‌ ‌they‌ ‌receive‌ ‌each‌ ‌day.‌ ‌Mr. Francis Sio, receiving the scholarships donation from Mr. Siebu on behalf of ATDMF , applauded Sam for his significant contributions and‌ ‌urged ‌that‌ he‌ ‌will‌ ‌continue‌ ‌to‌ ‌support‌ ‌these‌ ‌students‌...

Samuel Siebu on the Importance of Higher Education in Liberia

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  Samuel Siebu Discusses Education Initiatives Most people take education for granted. People don't appreciate it as much as they should and try to get out of school altogether. Without a proper education opportunity for a better life become minimized. Liberia is a country in West Africa and is the 4th poorest country in the world making it very difficult for them to provide schools and teachers. This makes it hard for the children to receive a solid education. The Liberian education system needs many improvements such as money and a good teaching staff. More than half the teachers in Liberia are uneducated and incapable of teaching kids what they need to learn. The curriculum and content are not something the teachers quite understand which makes this hard for them to teach the kids. Samuel Siebu goes into more detail about how important it is for higher education in Liberia. In the elementary schools, which are grades 1-6, kids a...