Monrovia – An organization known as Zogos WeCare for the rehabilitation of street girls has begun its work at the organization’s headquarters on Front Street in Monrovia. Pastor Caleb Dormah is the Executive Director of Zogos WeCare, and he explained that his organization was established with the aim of helping to take Zogos women and girls from the street and train them with different skills that could help them to change their lives for the better. Pastor Dormah stated, “Zogos WeCare has a program called Star Girls, and our first target is the Sheela Logan Star Girls empowerment and counseling program for street girls and girls who face various challenges. We know that many of these girls spend their nights on the streets, so we thought it wise to bring them together to teach them to use their hands and minds instead of relying on their bodies. Some of them have been involved in drugs, and this is our outreach program. Additionally, there are others who lack means, and there is a lot of counseling going on with them.”
Pastor Dormah emphasized that the school offers a variety of skills for their students to learn, such as pastry-making, tailoring, soap making, tidying, and detergent production, among others. Each student can decide which area she is interested in, and she will be given the chance to be trained in that area.
“It all started with my belief that Liberia would rise again from the ghettos, and with the belief that our children have the capacity to excel if we challenge them. So, we started some time ago when we began ministry in the ghettos and I found out that the best of our children are in the ghettos. This means we should reach out to them, witness to them, bring them back to society, and help make them good citizens who will give back to society,” explained Pastor Dormah.
He elaborated that the school currently has 20 students, who are undergoing an eight-month training program. Three out of the 20 students are little girls, and they plan to send these three girls to an elementary school during the next school year. The remaining 17 students will receive employment from the same school where they are currently learning their respective skills after graduation.
Pastor Dormah described the responses they are getting from the students as very encouraging because they continue to come to class on time, and none of them have been absent from class since the organization started the training process. He called on them to keep up with their learning process.
Veronica T. Lincoln is the president of Star Girls, and she described the Zogo WeCare training process as excellent. She has learned a lot in the catering area since the training started and hopes to learn more as it continues. She promised to continue putting into practice what she is learning from the school.
Wolomina B. Koffa is the Vice President of Star Girls, and she is undergoing training in the field of tailoring. She explained that she is learning tailoring to be able to support herself and her family members. She promised to learn tailoring to the best of her ability so that she can train others who have a passion for tailoring.
Reta K. Boley is the Secretary General of Star Girls, and she paid tribute to the Executive Director of Zogos WeCare, Pastor Dormah, and other members of his staff for providing this opportunity free of charge. She assured the school leadership that she will learn to the best of her knowledge in the field of tailoring and tidying because she is confident that what she is learning from the school will surely help to improve her and her family members’ lives.