Sua Foundation Inc

Or Motto:  Wela Kehwon ~ "God Acts through humanity "      

D. LeRoy Sua, CEO
6067 Stoney Creek Place
Lakeland, Florida 33811
Phone: (608) 379-2748

suafoundation@yahoo.com

Nimba Community College Project:

      The recent civil war in Liberia lasted for fourteen years and for fourteen years it was impossible for Liberians of school age to attend school. Young Liberians were recruited by either warring factions and trained as child soldiers. These young Liberians who would normally graduate from rural schools and hopefully attend Cuttington University College (CUC), University of Liberia (UL), or Booker Washington Institute (BWI) and eventually gained employment with government to support their families were forced to use their guns to terrorize local populations.

     The Liberian civil war also produced refugees and internally displaced people. Most of the internally displaced people are in Monrovia; the refugees are in camps in neighboring countries including Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. With stability now returning to Liberia there are plans to repatriate the refugees.

     We plan to establish Nimba Community College in Ganta that will offer English as Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), High School Equivalency diplomas, and postsecondary education in rural Liberia. The community college will provide an avenue whereby ex-combatants and returning refugees who are too far behind their cohorts can complete formal education and receive jobs skill training.

     Nimba Community College will provide Liberian refugees and internally displaced people an incentive to return to the rural communities from which most of them were displaced during the civil war. Those who graduate from our programs will be given credit/loan incentives to own and operate businesses that are commensurate with their newly acquired skills. The loan will be repaid at no interest. The community college will also create a data base of appropriate and indigenous technologies for Liberia such as solar, hydro, bio, medical, and other related industries. The college will also offer Liberian students training in the basic principles of democracy.

Sua Foundation, Inc. is a registered charity 501C(3) in the United States of America, and in Liberia we are registered as a nonprofit tax exempt organization.  We began simultaneous operations in both countries in November of 2005.  As a public foundation, most of our funding support is generated from public contribution.  We encourage donations and grants from public and private sectors.