Anna Enoch Orphanage
Liberia means "land of the free"! Liberia was founded by free African-Americans and freed slaves from the United States and the Caribbean in 1820. There were only 86 settlers in the beginning. Over the next several years more freed slaves made their way to Liberia, resulting in an independent country in 1847. Life in Liberia was pretty quiet until 1989.
On December 24, 1989, a small band of Libyan-trained rebels led by Charles G. Taylor, invaded Liberia from the Ivory Coast. This became the Liberian Civil War, which was one of Africa's bloodiest, claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Liberians and further displaced a million others into refugee camps in neighboring countries. Children were victimized during the war. An estimated 50,000 children were killed; many more were injured, orphaned, or abandoned. Approximately 100 underfunded orphanages operated in and around Monrovia; however, many orphans lived outside these institutions. The National Military Families Association of Liberia (NAMFA) tried to provide for orphaned military children; it registered hundreds of street children. These institutions did not receive any government funding, but relied on private donations. Nearly all youths witnessed terrible atrocities, and some committed atrocities themselves.
The Anna M. Enoch orphanage was started in December 1996.This is when the civil war hit Grand Bassa County with the Liberian Peace Council hitting the interior of the County driving the dwellers to Buchanan City. Steven & Anna Enoch were asked to go and help the victims with clothes from the Baptist Mission. They met many malnourished children. They were asked to bring some of the children to Monrovia for treatment. Some of the children remained with Steven & Anna for care. Later they were informed by a Social worker from the Bureau of Social Welfare that there was need to start an orphanage. They had eight children in their care. Steven & Anna then went to the Ministry of Health and Social welfare for accreditation. They then met Reggie Thomas on his first trip to Liberia in 1998 and asked for help!
Some of the kids who were at the orphanage when it started have grown up and graduated High School and are now Teaching in the school. Some of the children are now in school to get their second degree in education.
We presently have 72 children including little Elisha who is four months old.
Some of the current projects going on at the Anna Enoch Orphanage:
We are putting a fence up around the entire property
They are working to put in better bathrooms
Stephen is building a computer lab for the school
Library for the school
Science Laboratory for the school
Steven would like to build and staff a medical clinic in the future.
On December 24, 1989, a small band of Libyan-trained rebels led by Charles G. Taylor, invaded Liberia from the Ivory Coast. This became the Liberian Civil War, which was one of Africa's bloodiest, claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Liberians and further displaced a million others into refugee camps in neighboring countries. Children were victimized during the war. An estimated 50,000 children were killed; many more were injured, orphaned, or abandoned. Approximately 100 underfunded orphanages operated in and around Monrovia; however, many orphans lived outside these institutions. The National Military Families Association of Liberia (NAMFA) tried to provide for orphaned military children; it registered hundreds of street children. These institutions did not receive any government funding, but relied on private donations. Nearly all youths witnessed terrible atrocities, and some committed atrocities themselves.
The Anna M. Enoch orphanage was started in December 1996.This is when the civil war hit Grand Bassa County with the Liberian Peace Council hitting the interior of the County driving the dwellers to Buchanan City. Steven & Anna Enoch were asked to go and help the victims with clothes from the Baptist Mission. They met many malnourished children. They were asked to bring some of the children to Monrovia for treatment. Some of the children remained with Steven & Anna for care. Later they were informed by a Social worker from the Bureau of Social Welfare that there was need to start an orphanage. They had eight children in their care. Steven & Anna then went to the Ministry of Health and Social welfare for accreditation. They then met Reggie Thomas on his first trip to Liberia in 1998 and asked for help!
Some of the kids who were at the orphanage when it started have grown up and graduated High School and are now Teaching in the school. Some of the children are now in school to get their second degree in education.
We presently have 72 children including little Elisha who is four months old.
Some of the current projects going on at the Anna Enoch Orphanage:
We are putting a fence up around the entire property
They are working to put in better bathrooms
Stephen is building a computer lab for the school
Library for the school
Science Laboratory for the school
Steven would like to build and staff a medical clinic in the future.