About Us
Bennah Empowering through Strategic Training (BEST), Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to empower the less fortunate in rural Liberia through education and vocational training. BEST, Inc. was founded in 2009 through the vision of its Chairman, Mr. Handerson W. Bennah, Sr. driven by his passion for human capacity building. In 1990 at the height of Liberia’s civil war, Mr. Bennah’s parents were forced out of their home in Kingsville at gun point by advancing rebel forces, who later occupied the house. Before leaving they damaged the house and plundered almost all of its contents. In 2003 marginal work was done to the building and converted into an elementary school, leaving much work to be done at future dates as funds are made available. The school is named after Mr. Bennah’s father who died in the United States in March 2004.
Since its inception in BEST, Inc. has assembled a hardworking and dynamic Board of Directors and has identified strategic empowerment projects to undertake in support of the children of Liberia. BEST relies exclusively on the thoughtful contributions from its donors to undertake empowerment projects. Our current focus is to complete renovating and refurbishing the Henry B. Bennah, Sr. Kingsville Public School in the Township of Kingsville, Liberia. Our vision for the future is to expand beyond the basic educational needs of the youths of the Kingsville area by providing high quality vocational training whereby they can become fruitful citizens of Liberia and the world. At BEST, Inc. we are devoted to transparency hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards.
All donations to BEST, Inc. are tax deductible and will be directed solely towards the various empowerment projects we will undertake for the betterment of the lives of the citizens of rural Liberia. We will endeavor to provide our donors regular updates on these projects via our website. We hope that you will share in our compassion to enrich the lives of those in need.
Our Beliefs and Values
We hold the belief that education and training are transforming agents that are critical to human capacity building and to enhancing nation capacity development. This belief constitutes the core idea of our mission. It is the motivating force that drives us to carry out our tasks of empowering through education and training.
We further believe that due diligence be exercised in our dealings with those who aid us in these endeavors, and with those who we strive to impact.
The demonstration of good faith, absolute honesty and transparency at all levels of our operations remain our guiding principle.
About Liberia - From Wikipedia
Liberia - officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Côte d'Ivoire to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi) and is home to about 3.7 million people. English is the official language and over thirty indigenous languages are also spoken within the country. Its coastline is composed mostly of mangroves, while its more sparsely populated inland consists of forests opening onto a plateau of drier grasslands. The climate is hot and equatorial, with significant rainfall during the May–October rainy season and harsh harmattan winds the remainder of the year. The country possesses about forty percent of the remaining Upper Guinean rainforest.