Bong County Leadership Dashes Hope Of School Going Kids, As School Facility In Behwee Town Abandoned for decades
By Mataley Kollie
April 17, 2025
Monrovia: An Abandoned School Facility has Intensified the Lost Hope of Education for School-going Kids in Behwee Town, Bong County leaving the facility undone for decades.
Behwee Town in the heart of Bong County filled with hopes and dreams has not been able to operate a functional school since its establishment in 1930.
To build one in 1992, did not materialize due to the Liberian civil war. Since the civil war, children of Behwee Town have not been able to benefit from any form of academic education this dashing their hope and making their future doomed
In an effort to bring this dream to reality, President George Weah’s Government under Bong County superintendent Esther Walker, allotted 22,500 USD in the 2018 to kickstart the construction of the school but the
project. failed a few years after and up to now the abandoned structure is there as seen in the picture.
The current leadership under current Bong County Superintendent Loleyah Hawa Norris recently listed several district projects and allotted funding which included the completion of the Behwee school.
S. Roberto Wee, a Community Health Volunteer and resident of Behwee Town, emerged as a poignant voice for the community. Speaking to Women’s TV Liberia, He vividly recalled the long history of neglect that characterized Behwee’s educational landscape.
He noted, “Since the establishment of this town, we have never had a single elementary school.” As a representative of the community’s frustration, he highlighted not only the broken promises but the broader ramifications for the town’s youth. Children, who should have been focused on their studies, were now preoccupied with survival and subsistence.
As the years passed, the call for the project’s completion went largely unheard. Former Superintendent Esther Walker, whose tenure expired in 2023, provided little hope to the parents who yearned for educational solutions for their children. The community expressed disappointment at her handling of the situation, questioning whether their needs had been adequately represented at the county’s council meetings.
