Friday 29 July 2011
INVITATION TO SPECIAL GUESTS
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Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville, Liberia, West Africa
Cell#: 06460561/0693067006-577742/06-615-664/077-287-529/06-666106
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“EVERY YOUTH IS A NATION BUILDER”
Hon. Sando James
Director for Youth Services
Ministry of Youth & Sports
Dear Hon. James:
We present our compliments and wish to again introduce to you our organization; Youth Network for Reform (YONER-LIBERIA) established February 4, 2008, in Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville. (YONER-LIBERIA) is a non-governmental (NGO) and non-political organization, a charity that fosters and works with children and young people in Paynesville and the society at large. YONER-LIBERIA engages children and youth in positive, productive, and progressive activities in the City and the society through various positive initiatives. YONER-LIBERIA also aims to holistically address issues affecting their livelihood, to advance education, community development, develop skills and capacity of socially or economically disadvantaged children and young people to identify and help meet their needs to enable them participate fully in society.
YONER-LIBERIA is hosting a three (3) day youth interactive and engagement tournament which is expected to bring together 8 communities from within Paynesville City (4 kickball teams and 4 soccer teams) beginning Friday and ending Sunday, June-24-26, 2011. These matches will be played on the Police Academy Sports Pitch. The tournament is being held under the theme: “promoting the culture of tolerance by countering Post-Elections violence in Liberia.”
In view of the foregoing, we there inviting you as Special Guest to make a special remarks during the formal launching and opening of this all important youth interactive and engagement tournament. Your invitation is based on your relentless support towards the improvement and development of children and young people. Please be informed that cash prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd winners in both games and Certificate of Participation will be awarded to all participating community’s teams at the end of the 3 days tournament.
The formal opening program is expected to start at 1:00PM on Friday on the Police Academy Sports Pitch.
Kind regards,
Signed: _______________________ Approved: ______________
Terry J. Socro John Yormie, Jr.
Secretary General-YONER-LIBERIA CHAIR,PROM.COM
Attested: ____________________________
J. Andrew Greaves
Executive Director-YONER-LIBERIA
“Young people are changing the world through their energy, idealism, and ingenuity. They possess the desire to help solve some of the world’s most complex problems like global climate change, poverty, discourage violence, education, health, and HIV/AIDS.” - Steven A. Culbertson, President and CEO of Youth Service America
INVITATION TO GUEST SPEAKER/OTHERS
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Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville, Liberia, West Africa
Cell#: 06460561/0693067006-577742/06-615-664/077-287-529/06-666106
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“EVERY YOUTH IS A NATION BUILDER”
June 17, 2011
Dear Mr. /Mrs. Ms._________________________________________:
We present our compliments and wish to introduce to you our organization; Youth Network for Reform (YONER-LIBERIA) established February 4, 2008, in Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville. (YONER-LIBERIA) is a non-governmental (NGO) and non-political organization, a charity that fosters and works with children and young people in Paynesville and the society at large. YONER-LIBERIA engages children and youth in positive, productive, and progressive activities in the City and the society through various positive initiatives. YONER-LIBERIA also aims to holistically address issues affecting their livelihood, to advance education, community development, develop skills and capacity of socially or economically disadvantaged children and young people to identify and help meet their needs to enable them participate fully in society.
YONER-LIBERIA is hosting a three (3) day youth interactive and engagement tournament which is expected to bring together 8 communities from within Paynesville City (4 kickball teams and 4 soccer teams) beginning Friday and ending Sunday, June-24-26, 2011. These matches will be played on the Police Academy Sports Pitch. The tournament is being held under the theme: “promoting the culture of tolerance by countering Post-Elections violence in Liberia.”
In view of the foregoing, you have been unanimously selected to serve as the Guest Speaker during the formal opening/ kickoff of this 3 days youth interactive and engagement tournament. Your selection is based on your positive contribution towards the development of our country and the children and young people in general. Please be informed that cash prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd winners in both games and Certificate of Participation will be awarded to all participating community’s teams. The formal opening program is expected to start at 1:00PM on Friday on the Police Academy Sports Pitch.
Kind regards,
Signed: ___________________ Approved: _______________
Terry J. Socro John Yormie, Jr.
Secretary General-YONER-LIBERIA CHAIR, PROG. COM
Attested: __________________
J. Andrew Greaves
Executive Director-YONER-LIBERIA
“Young people are changing the world through their energy, idealism, and ingenuity. They possess the desire to help solve some of the world’s most complex problems like global climate change, poverty, discourage violence, education, health, and HIV/AIDS.” - Steven A. Culbertson, President and CEO of Youth Service America
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY TEAMS
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Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville, Liberia, West Africa
Cell#: 06460561/0693067006-577742/06-615-664/077-287-529/06-666106
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“EVERY YOUTH IS A NATION BUILDER”
June 16, 2011
Ref: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A 3 DAY YOUTH INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGEMENT TOURNAMENT
Dear Fellow Youth,
We present our compliments and wish to introduce to you our organization; Youth Network for Reform (YONER-LIBERIA) established February 4, 2008, in Harmon Field, Duport Road, Paynesville. (YONER-LIBERIA) is a non-governmental (NGO) and non-political organization, a charity that fosters and works with children and young people in Paynesville and the society at large. YONER-LIBERIA engages children and youth in positive, productive, and progressive activities in the City and the society through various positive initiatives. YONER-LIBERIA also aims to holistically address issues affecting their livelihood, to advance education, community development, develop skills and capacity of socially or economically disadvantaged children and young people to identify and help meet their needs to enable them participate fully in society.
YONER-LIBERIA is hosting a three (3) day youth interactive and engagement tournament which is expected to bring together 8 communities from within Paynesville City (4 kickball teams and 4 soccer teams) beginning Friday and ending Sunday, June-24-26, 2011. These matches will be played on the Police Academy Sports Pitch. The tournament is being held under the theme: “promoting the culture of tolerance by countering Post-Elections violence in Liberia”
In view of the foregoing, we are kindly inviting your community to register a kickball team in order to partake in this all important sensitization awareness. Kickball teams are to register with the amount of L$200.00 and L$300.00 for soccer teams. Please be informed that cash prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd winners in both games and Certificate of Participation will be awarded to all participating community’s teams. We would like to meet with all participating teams upon our request any time next week. All teams are to be present on or before 12noon on Friday, June 24, 2011 for the formal opening and kickoff the tournament. Failure of any team to attend the formal opening will be disqualified to participate.
Please see prizes for winners per category
Kind regards,
Signed: ______________________________ Approved: ______________________________
Terry J. Socro John Yormie, Jr.
Secretary General-YONER-LIBERIA Program Committee Chairman
Attested: ____________________________
J. Andrew Greaves
Executive Director-YONER-LIBERIA
“Young people are changing the world through their energy, idealism, and ingenuity. They possess the desire to help solve some of the world’s most complex problems like global climate change, poverty, discourage violence, education, health, and HIV/AIDS.” - Steven A. Culbertson, President and CEO of Youth Service America
REPORT ON SPORTS EVENT HOSTED BY YONER-LIBERIA
REPORT ON SPORTS EVENT HOSTED BY YONER-LIBERIA UNDER THE THEME “PROMOTING THE CULTURE OF TOLERANCE BY COUTERING POST ELECTIONS VIOLENCE IN LIBERIA” WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY MONROVIA- YMCA, LIBERIA
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The youth interactive kickball and soccer tournament was held for two days involving eight (8) communities in the Paynesville City, having both soccer and kickball categories. It was hosted and implemented under the theme:” Promoting the Culture of Tolerance by Countering Post Election Violence in Liberia”. The tournament lasted from July 9-10 2011 hosting approximately five hundred (500-about 200 females and 300 males) persons predominantly from the Paynesville City with few others from communities outside of Paynesville.
On July 9, 2011 at about 10:00AM the tournament was however preceded by a grand awareness match beginning at the Police Academy Junction to the Sports Pitch that pulled a large crowed which contained the participating communities and sundries of on lookers who were attracted by such great initiative of national interest. During the course of the awareness match, hundreds of flyers were distributed as several persons were dressed in the T-shirts bearing the logos of both the YMCA supporting youth livelihoods and governance and YONER-LIBERIA as sponsor and implementer of the program respectively. By a huge banner of the YMCA supporting youth livelihood and governance project which clearly suggested the pivotal role of the YMCA as well as the banner of YONER-LIBERI that displayed the theme of the program ensuring a massive extension of the program purpose. Subsequently, after the awareness match was the formal opening program marked by speeches, remarks and several messages indicative of the significance of tolerance made by institutional Representatives including the YMCA Peer Educators.
On the same day, there were series of games which led to the Shara (in Duport Road) and Paynesville Joe Bar Communities to progress to the final of the soccer category while the Police Academy and GSA Road Communities settled for the third place and the Seekey and Harmon Field-Police Academy Communities combined secured their places in the final of the kickball category.
On the 10th of July which was the final day, the Police Academy - Harmon Field Communities combined emerged as champions over Seekey Community while the Seekey Community sealed the “third place” spot over GSA Road Community. In the soccer category and the Paynesville Joe Bar Community boys emerged over the Shara Community (inside Duport road) in a 1-0 win.
Finally, a colorful ceremony was conducted by presenting certificates of participation and honor as well as cash prizes to the deserving winners in both games. The program was climaxed with an interlude of music and dances by participating teams and well-wishers as well as members and officials of both YONER-LIBERIA and YMCA Peer Educators.
LIST OF COMMUNITY TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED
1. GSA Community
2. Shara –Duport Road Community
3. Joe bar Community
4. Police Academy
5. Harmon Field
6. Outland Community
7. Seekey Community
8. Zayzay Community
LIST OF MATCH COMMISSIONERS
1. Edward Weah
2. Joshua Wisner
3. Garmondyu J. Saydyu
LIST OF PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1. John S. M. Yormie, Jr. Chair
2. Garmondyu J. Saydyu-Co-
3. J. Garmondyu Greaves-Secretary
4. Foday C. Amara-Member
5. T. Emmanuel Johnson-Member
6. Asatu P. Greaves-member
7. Terry J. Socro-Member
8. Amos Nyndroh
9. Joseph Mikely-Member
10. Joshua Wisner-Member
11. J. Andrew Greaves- Advisor
12. Emmanuel Bropleh-Advisor
13. Ms. Era Jappah-Advisor
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Ø YONER-LIBERIA successfully distributed over one five hundred (500- about 200 females and 300 males) pieces of flyers displaying Anti-Post Elections Violence messages and other messages of tolerance and the relevance of such to a country like Liberia;
Ø YONER-LIBERIA also distributed 48 pieces of T-shirts clearly displaying the theme of the tournament at the back and the logs of YONER-LIBERIA and YMCA –LIBERIA at the front;
Ø YONER-LIBERIA was able to establish a preliminary partnership with the St. Clements University-Liberia;
Ø The program was implemented without incursion of any bodily casualties or injuries and any form of violence depicting the level of cooperation and compliance to promote the culture of tolerance as was anticipated by so highly.
LESSONS LEARNT AND LIMITATIONS
Ø The program capital intensive thereby created a condition of additional funds raised by members and officials of YONER-LIBERIA in evidence of “self help initiative”.
Ø The communities were cooporative and turned out in mass numbers therefore causing the shelter difficulties during the rainy day.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Predicated on our own program experience and the demands for societal growth and development as embedded in the sense of stability for overall development we have resolved to recommend the followings:
Ø That the YMCA supporting youth livelihoods and governance project in Liberia must remain supportive to such initiative (s) to YONER-LIBERIA and other institutions alike.
Ø That the YMCA supporting youth livelihoods and governance project should increase the visual Aids capacity of their Peer Educators for the continuation of this project and other projects alike.
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