User:Vsarnor1

Vacarmoh Varlee Sarnor was born in Zorzor Curren Huspital in Lofa County in the West African Republic of Liberia. Few years after he was born, he was forced into exile along with his parents and siblings in 1990 by a civil unrest in his country. He was in exile until he completed his high school curriculum and got repatriated by UNHCR to my beloved country in the year 2006, 16 years of refugee life.

Vacarmoh is the Chief Executive Officer of Lupine Travel West Africa, INC and the founder of Sarmara, INC located in Liberia, West Africa. His company, Lupine Travel West Africa, INC organizes tours to unique and barely visited tourist attractions located in almost all parts of West Africa.

Apart from organizing tours, he has committed my life to training and consultancy. He implement short term projects or contracts for Non-governmental Organizations and he also is actively involved in Hotel Bookings and flight/travel* arrangements. He leads his own tours making sure that his customers get the best out of his company.

Recently, he has started producing books with the intent of contributing to the development in his country.

Over the past years, I have acquired the following skills from my different career paths:

Ø Computer skills in: MS Word, Excel, Access, Power point, Windows, Publisher, Print Artist, Internet Surfing, Computer Hardware and networking, Graphic and Web Design

Ø Speedy typing skills

Ø Highly skilled in conducting opinion poll surveys Ø Vast knowledge in Internet Surfing and Web-designing Ø Fluent in speaking and writing English, French and Mandingo; speaks Lorma Ø Well Trained in Phonetics and Syllabification Ø Good writing and Drawing skills Ø Maintains and repairs computer including installation and Anti-virus update Ø Excellent Communication Skills Ø Very good in Community Mobilization Ø Sensitive to gender issues Ø Have Potential Knowledge on the Protection of Women and Children Ø Respects the Points of View of Others Ø Skilled in Moto Circle riding and Vehicle Driving Ø Capable of working in any environment for extra hours Ø Very good at Marketing Ø Skilled in establishing new companies or organization and structure Ø Skilled in establishing new companies or organization and structure Ø Skilled in Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

The following are his key career/professional Interests:

· Protection (Women, Children, Refugees and or Internally Displaced Peoples), Program Implementation, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing coupled with Community Mobilization, Training/Teaching, Education, Livelihood, any field relating to Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation, Translation (English-French) and Data Entry, Management, Administration, Problem Resolution etc.

Projects and Trainings Implemented 14 April 2017, he started an e-learning session (Vacarmoh Discusses Business) via WhatsApp where he trains young entrepreneurs on Business Startup and Expansion. He also conduct additional training in Career Development. He first started the training on Facebook since 2016 and added the WhatsApp session. These two have proven to be very successful and many young entrepreneurs have benefited a lot from it.

Education Background

He has Masters Degre in Sociology (Human Studies) from Atlantic International University, United States of America.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Sociology at African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU), Monrovia – Liberia.

Personal Life

He is married to Makula S. Kamara Sarnor. She was born in Garnersville, Monrovia – Montserrado County. She started her primary education at the Bernersville, St. Peters Elementary school.

She spent most of life in Barnersville though she too was once exiled during the time Liberia was faced with civil war; she enrolled at the Jimmy Jolocon High school and stayed there up to her graduation. After her graduation, she was successfully admitted at the Cuttington University in Suakoko Bong County where she studied Economics major and Management minor.

We fell in love her in 2012, got engaged in 2013 and later celebrated our wedding on ceremony on 27 April 2014. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Cuttington University on September 26, 20015.

Immediately after graduation, she was employed by International Mercycorps to serve as business trainer. She trained Ebola Victims and Survivors basic and advance business skills needed to achieve business success and prosperity. Over the past years, Makula S. Kamara Sarnor has served as Business Consultant to many business institutions while ensuring tremendous success in their businesses. She is the Manager and Co-proprietor of Sarmara, Inc Businesses in Monrovia, Liberia.

November 2016 to early 2017, she served as the field coordinator on a National Civil Society Counsel sustainable Developing Goals Mapping/survey in three counties, Lofa, Nimba and Grand Gedeh.

Despite all of the above, she has created a Non-governmental organization named Women and Youth Empowerment Network (WYEN). The purpose of creating this organization is to assist entrepreneurs achieve the basic skills needed to be successful in business. The organization also helps senior students from high school to make sound and independent decisions in selecting their future careers. Her organization also focuses on helping unemployed and less privileged women achieve their full potential. She believes that women can be more than just house wives.