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NJ teen evacuated from Liberian school shut by Ebola crisis
By Walter O'Brien | NJ.com
on August 11, 2014 at 12:10 PM
WHARTON ? A Morris County teen had just arrived back at the More Than Me girl's academy in Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa for a summer volunteering trip when the deadly Ebola outbreak forced the temporary closing of the school and her evacuation back to her New Jersey home.
Jessica Schroeder, 18, was evacuated by the Bernardsville-based More Than Me organization founded by Katie Meyler to build and operate a girl's academy in Monrovia to use education to help young girls combat child prostitution, molestation and sex trafficking in the poor country.
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Schroeder, who had volunteered in Liberia before, had originally planned to be there for about a month to help the school finish out the spring term and get the summer programs under way for the approximately 120 girls who attend the academy.
When she arrived in Monrovia, there was already talk about sending volunteers home because of the Ebola epidemic, but she said panic didn't set in until July 25. She was back in New Jersey by the July 30.
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http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/...om_liberian_girls_school_for_ebola_scare.html
By Walter O'Brien | NJ.com
on August 11, 2014 at 12:10 PM
WHARTON ? A Morris County teen had just arrived back at the More Than Me girl's academy in Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa for a summer volunteering trip when the deadly Ebola outbreak forced the temporary closing of the school and her evacuation back to her New Jersey home.
Jessica Schroeder, 18, was evacuated by the Bernardsville-based More Than Me organization founded by Katie Meyler to build and operate a girl's academy in Monrovia to use education to help young girls combat child prostitution, molestation and sex trafficking in the poor country.
...
Schroeder, who had volunteered in Liberia before, had originally planned to be there for about a month to help the school finish out the spring term and get the summer programs under way for the approximately 120 girls who attend the academy.
When she arrived in Monrovia, there was already talk about sending volunteers home because of the Ebola epidemic, but she said panic didn't set in until July 25. She was back in New Jersey by the July 30.
...
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/...om_liberian_girls_school_for_ebola_scare.html