Louisiana — A transformative, month-long Vacation Tech Camp has formally kicked off on the picturesque Lake View web site on the College of Liberia’s Fendall Campus. The camp, which runs from July 16 to August 16, 2025, is hosted on the College Innovation Pod (UniPod) and welcomes youngsters aged 7 to 17 from major, elementary, and secondary faculties throughout Liberia.
Collectively organized by UNDP Liberia and the College of Liberia, the initiative marks a historic milestone because the first-ever know-how camp of its sort in Liberia, providing younger minds immersive publicity to rising applied sciences.
Inspiring Younger Dreamers
Throughout a go to to the camp, UNDP Resident Consultant Mr. Aliou Dia counseled the kids for embracing this chance, urging them to dream massive and stay targeted—no matter how unattainable their objectives could seem.
“Earlier than a dream turns into a actuality, you will need to first think about it,” Dia informed the scholars, citing international tech icons like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg as examples of what imaginative and prescient and perseverance can obtain.
He additionally applauded the College of Liberia for its partnership and affirmed that whereas Montserrado County hosts this pilot program, plans are underway to broaden to all counties within the coming years.
A Heat Welcome and Rising Confidence
The campers greeted the UNDP delegation and College officers with radiant smiles and pleasure, proudly sharing updates on their progress. Regardless of being only one week into this system, many expressed confidences within the useful expertise they have been starting to amass and deep gratitude to UNDP and the College for making it doable.
Championing Educational Development and Innovation
Dr. Agnes Reeves Taylor, Vice President for Educational Affairs on the College, thanked UNDP for the chance to collaborate. She echoed Mr. Dia’s remarks about this system’s future growth and motivated the kids to embrace errors as stepping stones. “Be persistent. Do it time and again till you succeed,” Dr. Taylor famous.
The camp hosts 60 college students—36 ladies and 24 boys—and is facilitated by Nervtek, a tech firm led by CEO Nzometiah Nervis. He shared that this system originated in Cameroon in 2020 with simply 9 college students and now trains round 90 yearly.
