Students Assured of Poverty Alleviation

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The NEWS (Monrovia)

The Coordinator of the Liberia Emergency Empowerment Program (LEEP), Alfred C. Sayon has assured students that government was doing everything possible to ensure the reduction of poverty in Liberia.

Sayon also said government was committed to the creation of jobs opportunities for Liberians to enable them meet their basic daily needs.

He spoke recently at program marking the celebration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty at the Len Millar High School in Sinkor. The day is celebrated on October 17 each year.

This year's celebration brought together more than 1,000 students, religious leaders, faith groups, youths and government officials.

Sayon commended the Youth for Community Academic and Development Services (YOCADS) and United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) for undertaking such initiatives intended to bring students and youth together to perform the poverty requiem.

A release said YOCADS, with support from UNMC, gathered inexperienced choir to perform poverty requiem during the stand up and speak out event.

The objective of the poverty requiem was intended to remind political and world leaders of their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Additionally, the release indicated that during the event students and youths held empty cups calling on world leaders to deliver their promises on safe-drinking water.

The students and youths were part of the poverty requiem choir which sang songs that depict war against poverty.