Monrovia, Liberia – August 4, 2025: APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. has marked the fourth anniversary of its flagship academic scholarship program with a milestone occasion held on Wednesday, July 16.
The celebration featured the presentation of recent scholarship packages and an unique guided tour of the port services contained in the Freeport of Monrovia for beneficiary college students. Launched in 2021, this system displays APM Terminals Liberia Ltd.’s long-term dedication to investing in Liberia’s training sector by yearly supporting 120 good however deprived college students from six colleges throughout Districts 13 and 14. The initiative is delivered by means of the corporate’s Company Social Duty efforts, in collaboration with college directors, district representatives, and neighborhood leaders.
The scholars, drawn from Freeway Baptist Faculty, God’s Missionaries Academy (previously Boakai Konneh Basis Faculty), Jimmy Jolocon Faculty (Junior and Senior Excessive), God’s Glory Major Faculty, Rev. Peter Amos George Memorial Academy, and Mom Kebbeh Academy, had their scholarship packages made identified to them throughout a short presentation ceremony held on the terminal’s premises. Every of the six colleges has 20 college students benefitting from this system.
This 12 months, APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. is investing over 3 million Liberian {dollars} to cowl college charges for the chosen college students. The renewed monetary dedication displays the corporate’s continued dedication to eradicating boundaries to training and empowering younger individuals in its host communities.
Following the presentation, college students had been taken on a guided tour of the terminal, the place they noticed operations similar to container dealing with, security procedures, and logistics coordination. For a lot of, it was their first time visiting the Freeport, providing a uncommon alternative to grasp how commerce infrastructure contributes to nationwide improvement. The expertise was designed to encourage college students’ educational and profession aspirations by exposing them to alternatives throughout the maritime and logistics sectors.
Talking in the course of the occasion, Ms Natasha Akosua Akakpo, Chair of the CSR Committee and a Communication & Challenge Officer at APM Terminals Liberia Ltd, emphasised the corporate’s enduring dedication to academic improvement.
“This program goes past monetary assist. It’s about investing in the way forward for Liberia by serving to younger individuals see what’s potential. We consider that training and publicity are highly effective instruments for transformation, and we’re proud to have sustained this dedication for 5 years,” she mentioned.
“Quickly, we hope to increase this program; both by means of the variety of college students from the faculties or by incorporating different colleges in our catchment communities.”
Additionally talking on the occasion, Principal of God’s Missionaries Academy, Mr. Abraham Kawah, expressed gratitude to APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. for the continued assist.
“This program has made a tangible distinction within the lives of our college students. We frequently had enrolment points, with lots of our vibrant college students dropping out as a result of that they had little to no monetary assist at dwelling. Nevertheless, APM Terminals got here to the doorstep of our faculty and adjusted that, and we’re really grateful for that.”
Mr. Momolu Gartawiah, mum or dad of one of many beneficiaries, additionally counseled the initiative and thanked APM Terminals for alleviating their monetary burden with the scholarship scheme.
“I’ve 5 youngsters. Certainly one of them is now benefiting from this scholarship scheme, and, to me, that makes numerous distinction. I do know a number of the mother and father right here right now who additionally battle to pay their wards’ charges share comparable sentiments. All I can say is that I’m really grateful to APM Terminals, and I hope this initiative is sustained to assist the nice individuals of Liberia.
James, a pupil beneficiary from Rev. Peter Amos George Memorial Academy, shared how the scholarship has remodeled his studying expertise.
“With out this program, I might have dropped out years in the past. For many of us, this mission is a life-changing alternative. The profit is one thing we actually recognize as college students, because it eases the monetary burden on our mother and father. I wish to specific my heartfelt appreciation to APM Terminals for his or her super contributions to our instructional journey.
The APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. scholarship program was launched in December 2021 to supply monetary assist to academically promising however economically deprived college students in communities surrounding the Freeport. Beneficiary colleges are chosen primarily based on each the GOL-Academic necessities and APM Terminals Liberia’s inside impression evaluation standards.
As this system enters its fifth 12 months, APM Terminals Liberia has reaffirmed its intent to increase the initiative to extra colleges and deepen pupil engagement by means of experiential studying alternatives just like the terminal tour.
