SUSTAINABILITY
PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT
Our goal for Lydia House Liberia is to help it reach full sustainability. This will require at least 2 phases of giving.
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PHASE ONe
Young Women's Home and Vocational Program
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the construction of our home for at-risk young women (ages 18-24) is complete! To give them a good start, we are also raising funding for the first few years of staffing for the home. The administration and residents of the home are currently working to develop sustainable enterprises that bring income to Lydia House and also enhance their vocational training. The residents operate a tailoring business and a hair salon, and also maintain a working farm, keeping goats, poultry, and pigs.
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Partnering with us through annual, quarterly, or monthly giving will help us reach sustainability more efficiently.
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PHASE two
Community School and Minor Residential Program
This phase begins this fall (2025) with the opening of our primary school. The school will attract paying students and fill a void left by the recent loss of USAID funding to rural schools and students. Ultimately, we hope to build another residential facility for at-risk younger girls (ages 12-17) and a secondary school. The schools will serve a great many younger children rescued out of human trafficking or denied opportunities for schooling. The presence of the schools will generate a major source of income for Lydia House through local paying students, whom we expect to comprise over 50% of the attendees.
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Partner with us through a one-time gift toward the opening of our schools and help us make Lydia House sustainable!
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Once the schools are fully operational and paying students begin attending, the entire compound will be on a path to sustainability through the vocational enterprises and school tuition payments.
