About the Community Development Program (CODEVPRO):
The Community Development Program was established in 2008 by the United Methodist Church through a partnership agreement between its sisterly church, The United Methodist Church of Norway with the so purpose of making practical the church’s mission by providing concrete, holistic, sustained and comprehensive development for God’s people irrespective of their religion, nationality, sex, color or creed all across the length and breadth of Liberia. The program is a partnership kind of engagement where the community makes a contribution by providing what they have as a local materials while CODEVPRO provides those materials that they do not have which are needed by the identical project.
Pursuant to this mandate, the program has since reached several destitute Liberians in impoverished communities across the counties.
For the year 2017, the program carried out her intervention implementing local community projects in six communities within four counties.
The Zelekai community project commenced in 2015. Zelekai is a community located in Bokomu District, Gbapolu County, and west of Liberia. This was an intervention of the construction of a modern elementary school for kids in this community who were learning under a very deplorable condition. After two years of working with the community, the construction was successfully completed, dedicated and turned over by Bishop Samuel J. Quire on June 3, 2017.
Gbecohn is located in Kokoyah District, Bong County in central Liberia. The community requested for the construction of a guesthouse. Project of such is termed as an income-generating project under our program because such project generates income. This project started in 2016 with only the foundation completed. In 2017, the superstructure was elevated and the building has been roofed ready for plastering, flooring, windows & doors installation, electrical and plumbing works among others. In a nutshell, the project is sixty percent (60) complete.
Way down in Civil Compound 3, the headquarters of District # 3 lies the Gorblee Health Center. This project is a partnership project between the people of Civil Compound 3, Ground Bassa County and the United Methodist Church. The Government of Liberia through Grand Bassa County is to provide forty percent (40%) of the construction cost while the United Methodist Church provides sixty percent (60%). The United Methodist Church has exhausted its 60% and gone beyond a little more in the interest of delivering the needed results for the people in this part of our country. In 2017, from our budget, we expended 16,200.00 USD while we received from the county through its Project Management Team 20,000.00 USD and 1,264,000.00 LD.
At current, all tile works (terrazzo and ceramic) are completed, doors & windows installation, electrical, plumbing all completed. The water tower and generator house is one hundred percent (100%) completed. Painting work is hundred percent done. On the overall, the project is one hundred percent (100%) completed.
A community that lies deep inside of District # 2, Grand Bassa County four hours walk away from the feeder road. Based on the condition mention earlier, the community embarked on a self-help initiative of a handmade road to the Palapolu Town. Through this process, they invited the DCS to help construct a bridge on a major river that is a hindrance to their initiative. As we speak, the four concrete columns or pillars of the bridge has been casted and in place for the decking. The work is completed and the inhabitants are using it to their advantage.
Klehn Town is located in District # 3 C, Grand Bassa County. The three (3) main concrete columns are established and casted into place. The two (2) sets of abutment or retaining/wing walls on either side of the river banks are also completed.
This project is completed and is in use.
White Plains is in Montserrado County. The project in this community is an animal raising project (small ruminant) that is design to provide empowerment for community dwellers thereby improving the social economic wellbeing of participating community women groups in White Plains.