Speakers for the event included keynote speaker Pastor Natacha Byrams of Zion Gates Ministries of Tulsa, Oklahoma; WCTMI Boys to Men director William Snorton Jr.; WCTMI Boys to Men participant Carlson Ankiambom; and WCTMI Girls Breaking Barriers participant Chinyene Amadi.

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Both students were crowned king and queen of their individual programs at the awards banquet, and both attend William Henry Middle School.

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Other guest attendees included Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long; Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker; Dr. Vilicia Cade, Capital School District superintendent; the Hon. Nicole Alston; Kamela Smith, Democratic candidate, 15th District, Wilmington; Dr. Wilma Mishoe, former president of Delaware State University; Bishop W. James Thomas, IMA president; former IMA presidents, Rev. Theodore Henderson and wife, Beverly Henderson, and Rev. Michael Rogers and wife, Rev. Dr. Frances Rogers.

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WCTMI Abroad in Liberia recently constructed a hand-pump well for safe drinking water in a low-income community and built six toilets for the community school of the students that WCTMI is sponsoring tuition-free in Liberia.

In Zambia, WCTMI is helping children in one of the poorest villages in Shibuyunji District, Zambia Lusaka. The goal is to construct a school for the children in the village and the surrounding villages. The students have no school building.

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For more information or to donate to this or any future projects, contact Pastor Cecelia Snorton at 302-241-8615 or WCTMI via its website at www.wctmi.org.