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Youth Action International is a non-governmental organization that uses grassroots techniques to develop and implement programs that help alleviate the suffering of children affected by war or living in difficult circumstances, empower them to reach their full potential, and break cycles of violence and poverty.

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YAI Collaborates with Richard Coleman Family Foundation

YAI, in collaboration with the Richard Coleman Family Foundation, has distributed notebooks and pencils to nearly 300 students at the William Coleman High School and Christian A. Richards school. The distribution is part of a larger plan and effort to upgrade the standards of education at both schools. When YAI staff visited the schools in early March, students at Christian A. Richards school didn’t have chairs to sit on or notebooks to write in. YAI will continue to work on enhancing the education system in Liberia.