Liberia: Journalist Launches Operation to Keep Kids in School in Rural Nimba County

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Liberia: Journalist Launches Operation to Keep Kids in School in Rural Nimba County

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A Liberian journalist and citizen of Nimba County, Mr. Jonathan Paye-Layleh, has launched an operation he has codenamed: "Give Them a Future", intended to encourage parents to get more involved in the running of schools in especially rural towns in the county in the face of serious national challenges and inadequacies to fully support those schools.

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