You have probably heard of the phrase: 'Family Life Education', but have you wondered what is Family Life Education? What importance is it in the human resource development and national reconstruction agenda?
Or how and why should it be introduced in a Countries national reconstruction drive? These are some of the questions that ran through my mind when I first heard of it-that which led me to do a research.
Where is it from?
After
the fourteen (14) years of civil conflict, there is no doubt that so much of
the Liberian life style and standards have been seriously affected as life was lost, infrastructure
and other identities destroyed. Not only was there a great loss of lives and
properties, but there was also a great neglect of the once respected
moral, cultural, religious and educational values across each spectrum of
the Liberian society, especially amongst the young people.
As
a result, they no longer pay attention to their expected attitudes and
behaviors which were once characterized as the reality of Liberian’s value
system, and are now deeply involved with various sort of degrading towards
the dangerous societal offenses including drug addiction, stealing, gang rape,
armed robbery, etc.
Honestly,
unless these social vices are eradicate from the youths, nothing essential
to family life will contribute to the national reconstruction Program at
all.
What’s
the problem?
The
importance of family life education in the reconstruction drive of Liberia is
so essential, especially as the fourteen (14) years of brutal civil conflict
took away many lives, damaged millions of dollar worth of properties and
caused deep wounds of tribal and family division as well as severe
disillusionment in nationalism as the cultural, social, education and
academic institution were badly affected.
After
the cease fire which brought some relief to Liberians, the sign of relief
followed so that the process of national healing, reconciliation and
reconstruction would pave the way to national reconstruction in the family
business because the family is the nucleus and most important and
essential unit of any society.
Certainly,
a nation or society that is still hunted by severe tribal and religious
divisions resulting into hatred cannot most likely achieve the reality of
national reconstruction so easily. It is against this backdrop that the
researcher intends to conduct this study
How
important is it?
Reconstruction
in any nation after a civil conflict does not easily take place when the cardinal
issues and the deplorable causes are not realistically identified and
necessarily resolved. Family life education which is cardinal to engaging
family and their communities of different backgrounds is necessary to
restore the broken relationship which involved the close relationship of
the tribal groups as it resulted into other social alliances.
Therefore;
with the necessary family life education, families, neighborhood and communities
will be able to peacefully interact regularly so as to plan the essential projects
which they will eventually undertake as a road map to the Country’s
overall development agenda. Projects such as community roads, schools, and
play grounds, clinics and market places be built eventually for the common
good and welfare as they relate to the national reconstruction agenda.
This
study is intended to identify means by which cooperatively and collaboratively
a relief situation will emerge on to contribute through family life
education as a means to reconstruction, as most of the communities in
Liberia are into blocks and zone which are headed by local leaders who are
charge with the responsibilities to visit homes and families for their
contact numbers so as to immediately reach them whenever it is necessary.
This
is likely to dispel any level or kind of division as a positive approach to
engage in the relevant concrete efforts as a means to the poverty reduction
agenda through human resource development and the intangible mean to a
common trend in national unification which will eventually and as such very
creatively without stressor strains very peacefully set on an actual
positive road map to the national reconstruction agenda.
As
the residents are to attend regular meetings which will culminate the discussion
of important developmental issues as a result of the high level of their
mutual understanding and cooperation amongst them to encourage social
gathering level as a result of family life education in Liberia, which
will take into consideration the construction of community hand pumps,
toilets and clinics, and streets to be properly laid out and well
maintained for the common good along with sanitation to be regularly monitored
especially so around unfinished buildings which are to be cleared and garbage regularly
disposed of from work places, streets, school, health centers as well as
market places.
Most
amazingly, a high percentage of individuals and families have achieved a considerable
level of western or traditional education as a major factor which one may associate
with the promotion of family life education in Liberia. As a result of
the positive role that family life education will play in the homes of
families in Liberia, it will positively impact the youths ranging from
primary to tertiary level to translate into positive outcomes such as
youth participation in community development with their positive
contribution to community peace-building intra-school, inter-school and cooperative
initiatives; post-war trauma and counseling to avoid rape, armed robbery, murder,
divorce and broken relationships.
As
more and more young people become aware of the dangerous ricks which are associated
with early or per-mature pregnancy and subsequent child-bearing, and
resulting in juvenile delinquency, they eventually tend to be negative
thinkers as things don’t work well with them. These are the misfortunes
family life education will turn away from.
To be continue...
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