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Buduburam

Who we are...

Through community based initiatives, The SCHEF Organization seeks to provide Shelter, Clothing, Health care, Education, and Food to the communities within Buduburam Refugee Camp.

SCHEF is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that does not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, or otherwise.

The Buduburam Refugee Camp, also known as the Liberian Refugee Camp, opened in 1990 to accommodate for refugees from the First Liberian Civil War. It is located 27 miles west of Ghana’s capital city, Accra. Although the UNHCR originally provided the necessary funds and programs to manage life on the camp, they have since pulled almost all funding.

Because there is no easy solution to the problems stemming from the Liberian Crisis, the international community has grown weary and decided it is easier to forget than to continue to act. At SCHEFO we ask, how can you “forget” human lives? We are building an international movement to provide the help and education necessary for the refugees to better their lives.

Keith Kpadah Kortu

Executive Director of SCHEFO

Keith is a Liberian who came as a refugee to the Buduburam camp in 1992. Since that time he has dedicated his life to social work. For the past 8 years he has been employed as a counselor for WISE and an active member of the Crisis Response Team, a community-based group organized by UNHCR/WISE to help eradicate the circle of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the Buduburam communities and their environs.

Keith is married with four children: one boy and three girls. He is a Christian who loves adventure and service to man kind.

Jerry Imoro Braimah

Administrative Director

Jerry has worked as a counselor for the Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment WISE on Buduburam for the past seven years. He graduated from the University of Cape Coast with a Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences and has dedicated his life to social work ever since.