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employee at UNHCR to assist
students who needed financial
assistance.

400 boxes of books, lab and computer
equipment shipped to the University of
Liberia by the Ward Fund in 2011

2004 - The Ward Fund established
the Peer Tutorial Program and
WINS (Women in Natural Science)
Program to attract more females
to the Sciences. UL female
students in Chemistry, including
Alice Seton, Plenseh Paye and
others visited 2-3 high schools in
Monrovia and assisted girls with
their science homework and
encouraged them to pursue
Science as a major in college.
The Peer Tutorial Program
matched
a
student
failing
Chemistry with an Honor Roll
student for private tutoring.
2004-2005 U.S. Ward Fund
Activities
Vickie Ward, Chair of the Ward
Fund attends fundraiser program
in

2010 – Dean of the UL College of Science
and Technology, Fendell Campus receives
Analytical Balance from Ward Fund Director
of Programs, Liberia-Franklin Bundoo

Philadelphia and meets President
Al-Hassan Conteh, UL President ,
the Dean of A.M. Dogliotti College
and Sedia Massaquoi Bengura,

July 15, 2015 ISSUE # 0715
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Former Deputy Minister
for Labor.
President Conteh promises to
designate a place on the grounds
of the University of Liberia Fendell
campus for a Memorial Wall to
commemorate the late Professor
Victor E. Ward.
2008 - The Ward Funded
expanded its programs in 2008 by
establishing an Elementary School
and Nursery, The Ward Academy
for Girls at 96 Clay Street,
Monrovia, Liberia. We hired
Franklin Bundoo, a UL graduate
with a BSc in Chemistry to teach
science classes and direct our
programs. The Ward Fund has
hired UL graduates in Chemistry to
work as teachers of science and
math.

1) A 20-ft container of University
books from International Books for
Development in 2009.
Received by Dean Sunni, UL Vice
President for Administration,
2010. The books were placed in
the UL Library, Main Campus.
2) 4,000 books and lab equipment
worth over 10,000 from Mr.
Mulbah Dwanah, former student of
Victor E. Ward in 2009. Donated to
Chemistry Department 2010.
3) An analytical Balance worth
$10,000 and

Chemistry majors watch a scientific film
via a projector at the Ward Resource
Center

2009 - Immediately upon her
return to the U.S. Ms. Ward put
together a team from Nairobi,
Kenya to travel to Liberia to assess
the Chemistry Department. They
arrived in March 2009.
Their report was submitted to Dr.
Emmet Dennis, the new President
at the time.
2009 – 2011 The Ward Fund
sought support from UNESCO for a
travel grant for the professors and
provided each professor with a
$1,500 stipend. The University of
Liberia provided transportation and
housing.
The Assessment Report provided
by the 2 Kenyan PhD, professors
was used in 2009-2011 to solicit
funding for the University of
Liberia. The following were
donations received because of the
Assessment Report:

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