VAN Community Outreach

Our Mission

VAN Community Outreach provides community outreach services in Liberia to the most underserved children, youth, and elderly. We provide educational and health care supplies, toiletries, and other social services to benefit the elderly and empower the youth in underprivileged communities.

In order to fulfill our mission, we plan to meet the following objectives:

• Aid in the socio-economic development by providing opportunities for the children and youth of Liberia to enable each child to excel;

• Help to provide some basic needs to the elderly: nutrition, hygiene, and healthcare;

• Undertake programs that will foster and promote youth empowerment and peace-building initiatives necessary for an inclusive environment that will galvanize the youth for development programs;

• Promote a culture of respect for the rule of law, respect for women & young girls, and undertake training for the youth aimed at stopping violence against women.

• Advocate for the empowerment of young girls through education, training, better health practices, and engagement in any activities to benefit these young girls;

• Improve, strengthen, and solidify positive social interactions amongst the youths throughout Liberia through programs for computer education, home economics, and sports;

• Hold consultative dialogue with the youth throughout Liberia. This will encourage their participation and support in identifying useful projects, setting goals, and taking responsibility for programs aimed at strengthening their capacity to mobilize resources and funding to improve their communities.

VANCO launched our Library Initiative in 2022 and currently has 6 libraries in Liberia, that spread into three Counties.

Four of our libraries are located in Grand Kru County: Barclayville, Betu, Grandcess and Sasstown.

Our 5th library was opened in 2024 and is located in Kanweakan, River Gee County and

VANCO’s 6th library was just opened on March 3, 2026 and it is located in Klay, Bomi County.
Each library has over 3600 general and research books for the students and teachers to access.

Phase II of our Library Initiative was launched in 2024. We were able to get two donors to help two of our four libraries: Betu and Grandcess, receive a complete set of the Liberian Schools Textbooks for students from Nursery to the 12th grade, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and West Africa Senior School Certificate Exam (WASSCE) Text books, for students to access after school, because parents in the areas we serve cannot afford to purchase these essential textbooks.

VANCO wants to provide the students with opportunities that extend beyond the classroom. Phase II essential textbooks allow students to access their textbooks outside of their class, a choice currently unavailable due to the high cost of textbooks. By removing this economic barrier, we hope to give students the same opportunity for academic success that is experienced by students from wealthier backgrounds.

VANCO hopes that having these extra hours of study will allow these students to review and practice materials at their own pace, learn concepts ahead of class, ask deeper questions during lectures, and ultimately have a more enriching learning experience.

In 2025, as a result of the availability of these textbooks, the Betu Elementary and Jr. High School 6th and 9th Graders passed all of their subjects in the WAEC and WASSCE Exam.

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