“The goal of Rebound Liberia is to teach young women reading and writing, health and leadership skills and to empower them to find their unique voices” - Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania”
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June 2019
Summer Kollie and Princess Aghayere, both University of Pennsylvania health and society alumnae, spent a month and a half in Monrovia launching the pilot program for Rebound Liberia, an initiative they’ll lead with bioengineering graduate Oladunni Alomaja, aimed at empowering young women in Liberia through basketball, personal development and literacy education.
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June 2019
After building an indoor basketball court and community resource center, the group will host an annual three-month summer program comprised of hoops clinics, daily reading and writing sessions, and personal development workshops.
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April 2019
Their project, Rebound Liberia, aims to give young women a platform to develop their voices and, ultimately, to position them to create a new, more positive narrative about the country. It involves building a basketball court in Monrovia, the capital, and pairing it with literacy programs and a resource center.
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April 2019
Aghayere, Kollie, and Alomaja will use basketball as a tool to bridge the literacy gap between men and women and as a mechanism for youth to cope with the trauma and stress of daily life in post-conflict Liberia.
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August 2018
Through a month long program for 30 adolescent girls in Liberia’s capital city, PEACE paired up two pathways to empowerment: personal development and basketball
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