Through collaborations and partnerships; via grants, personal donations and fundraising activities, United Grandcess Community Inc. aims to addresses the most critical concerns and challenges facing seniors in the United States, children and elderly across Grandcess Liberia.
Below are some on-going and completed projects implemented over the years by the organization and/or individuals. Through collaborations and partnerships with continue to support people living in under-resourced and under-developed communities.
NEW CESS SCHOOL Project
Status: On-Going
Year Initiated: 2023
Description of Project: Planning and Development of a school for the Newcess Community in Greater Grandcess. This school will educate children, adults and the elderly population.
LIGHT UP GRANDCESS
Year Initiated: 2022 – 2023
Description of Project: Project Light Up Grandcess aims to provide clean source of energy to light up the city of Grandcess, Liberia. This initiative will help reduce the use of kerosene lamps as light source, candles for study areas and provide safe, cost-effective source of lighting for the community.
Objective: Our collective efforts aim to bring sustainable power source for streetlights to the communities, families and students of Grandcess City in GrandKru County Liberia.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING Program
Year Initiated: 2021 – 2023
Description of Project: The Vocational and Technology (VoTech) Preparatory Program support the transition/preparation of students and young adults into vocational and technical career pathways across Liberia. Students will engage in activities that increase their ability to access vocational and technical trades. Programming will emphasize project-based learning and training for entry-level skills in construction trades and the service industry.
Expected outcomes : greater access to post-secondary education programs, exposure to construction trades, service industry occupations, small business preparation and employment for youth, women and others living in under-resourced communities in Grand Kru County and across Liberia.
COMMUNITY STORE
Year Initiated: 2016
Description of Project: The Community Store project was proposed base on an appeal from the people of Grandcess as to provide relieve for the people Grandcess (Seklakpoh) from travelling over 50 – 150 miles to Barclayville in Grand Kru County and Pleebo and Harper Cities in Maryland County to purchase provisions and hardware goods. Citizens will travel as far to Monrovia to obtain reasonable prices. Hardware goods to help in the development as citizens are returning and people are rebuilding from the Civil War.
Provisions and Hardware Store in Grandcess (SeKlakpoh) to provide access to convenience goods for the Grandcess people/community in SeKlakpoh
Clean-up and Clearing of Streets, Restoring the Airport and Terminal
Year Initiated: 2015
Description of Project: The clearing and clear up of the street in Grandcess (Seklakpoh) and Restoring of the Airport and its Terminal was designed to give Seklakpoh a face lift. The town was over grown with bushes, streets overgrown because of lower population due to the Civil War which has displaced people or people seeking better lives because of lack of jobs, better education, hospital facilities, access to communications (which include Internet and phone service access), commute of vehicles in the town, social life and lack of playgrounds for Children. The project provides life; it encourages citizens and made way for the airstrip to be opened for flights to land in Grandcess again. The community provided funds for food and tools for the work to be carried out and is ongoing as the streets need continuous maintenance and airport need communication and office equipment.
Grandcess (Seklakpoh) has a beautiful land where our people have live for generations. This project is meant to restore the land of Grandcess, provide a sense of security for those who live there and to encourage people to move back to inhabit the land.
