The Center for Education & Leadership Development Initiative

An Affiliate of Urban Promise International (UPI)

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About Us

The Center for Education and Leadership Development Initiative, Liberia (CELDI-Liberia) is a children and youth development organization that focuses on the educational, leadership, Christian spiritual, and social developments of underprivileged children and youth from slum communities in Liberia. We seek to provide interventions in education because a “significant number of children drop out of school before finishing primary school and those who do graduate are often promoted to the next grade without the skills and learning needed for continued success. This has resulted in high rates of underachievement, low self-esteem, less interest in education, and high drop-out rates within our target communities.”

OUR VISION

To see a new generation
of proactive servant-leaders with the commitment to develop others, build
stronger communities, cultivate a quality educational system, and create a culture of academic excellence among underprivileged children
and youth.

OUR MISSION

To change Liberia one
child at a time by developing children and youth from vulnerable communities,
breaking the circle of poverty through education, and raising a new generation of servant leaders to proactively transform and serve their communities with distinction and the principles of God.

OUR GOAL

To improve the quality
of leadership development, education, and mentorship of underprivileged children and youth who attend our programs, building their capacities to improve their chances of continuous development as
they transition from one stage of life to the other in society.

OUR PROGRAMS

CELDI is an organization that is focused on education, leadership, and mentorship for underprivileged children and youth.  Our core programs are designed to work with schools and communities.  As such, our programs are divided into "chapters" according to the divisions of the schools. We have the Elementary & Junior High Chapter, the High School Chapter, and the Life-Skill Chapter.  The following are the programs that each chapter contains:

THE ELEMENTARY & JUNIOR HIGH CHAPTER

  • Developing & mentoring Children & Youth through:
  1. After school Program offers 10 months of education, mentorship, and servant-leadership to underprivileged children and youth from slum communities through child sponsorship, feeding, quality tutorial assistance, Character development, sports, debates, Spelling Bee, field trips, "girls education," etc.
  2. Summer Camp Program offers two months of intense summer/vacation activities ranging from mentorship to servant-leadership, and field trips. We do Character Development, Career and African Day, Spelling Bee, Debate.   devotion, Christian games, field trips, etc.  We also provide breakfast and lunch every day.

Implementation: Our program begins with recruitment and training of staff, conducting needs assessment/community entry, recruitment of beneficiaries, to implementing the activities, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

Program Impact: Served over 700 kids and youths.

HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER

  • Developing High School Students through:

The High School Mentorship Program: This program offers

  1. Servant-Leadership development (mentoring youths to encourage diversity of thoughts, a culture of trust, and selfless minds).
  2. Civic & Voters' Education (acquainting young electorates with the basic concepts of democracy and the role of elections in democracy and governance; stressing the importance of one's vote.
  3. Youth Summits (gathering youths once every year to plan and develop problem-solving strategies for their future, communities, and country). We also do Job Skills Training/Internship, Academic writing, and provide aid in searching for foreign scholarships.

Implementation: This program begins with recruitment and training of staff, conducting needs assessment/community entry, recruitment of beneficiaries, to implementing the activities, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

Program Impact: served over 200 youths.

LIFE-SKILLS CHAPTER

  • Mentoring Girls (Empowering Girls) through:
  1. Education: Creating awareness of sexual and reproductive health, decision-making, and gender rights, in a safe space;
  2. Life skills, like entrepreneurship and vocational trainings (in Tie & Dye, Soap making, Pastry, etc.)
  3. Financial support, often in the form of financial literacy training and microloans for startups.

Implementation: This program begins with recruitment and training of staff, conducting needs assessment/community entry, recruitment of beneficiaries, to implementing the activities, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

Program Impact: Have served over 50 underprivileged girls.



CELDI Core Values

Hope

Nurturing hope in vulnerable children

Love

Sharing Christ's Love with the underprivileged

Discipline

Developing children into disciplined leaders  

Education

Breaking the circle of poverty through education 

 Servant-leadership

Daring to raise up a new generation of servant leaders

Get Involved

  • Upcoming Events

  • Wish List

    Desks for CELDI Academy
    Number Needed:  60
    Ongoing Need
    15kva Generator for CELDI Academy
    Number Needed:  1
    Ongoing Need
    Staff In-country Capacity Building
    Number Needed:  10
    Ongoing Need
    Sponsor a child
    Number Needed:  100
    Ongoing Need
    Sponsor a Camp
    Number Needed:  2
    Ongoing Need
    Laptop & Desktop Computers
    Number Needed:  30
    Ongoing Need

    Volunteer | Intern

    Coming soon - online application

    Sponsor a Student

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    September 28, 2022
    Click Here for Updates on Summer Camp 2022

    Click HERE for Updates on Summer Camp 2022

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    March 8, 2022
    Missions Invitation to Liberia 2022

    Please click HERE!  Missions Invitation to Liberia 2022

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    December 7, 2021
    Annual Ministry Updates 2020/2021

    Please click HERE!  Prayer Letter/Annual Ministry Updates 2020/2021

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    December 4, 2020
    CELDI Update

    CELDI Ministry Updates

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    Testimony

    "It is not what I earn but what I learn. I joined CELDI in September 2016, as a student mentor with no job experience. Few months later, a relative of mine encouraged me to serve as a bartender for $100 a month. I weighed the offer and the skills that I would acquire at CELDI and made the decision to work as a student mentor. Today, I am proud to say that I have acquired a lot of skills that are currently helping me. I am participating in essay writing and speech competitions, I am able to develop my own lessons for kids, and have improved my computer skills. I am thankful to God that I made the right choice. CELDI is wonderful and I hope to serve it for as long as it exists.”

    MARIAM DUNBAR

    Student Mentor

    Meet Our Team

    A team of committed Staff who are making great sacrifices towards changing Liberia one child at a time.

    Rev. E. Alfred Walker, MATS

    Founder/Executive Director
    He holds a master’s degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the Resident Pastor at Trumpet of Praise Tabernacle (PCAFI), Monrovia, Liberia and the Former President of the National Youth & Young Adult Body of the Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith (PCAFI-Liberia Diocese). He is passionate about leadership, Education, and mentorship of children and youth. His passion for these has got him involved in several initiatives for children and youth in Liberia and the USA.
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