School Lunch in Liberia

Gardens Combatting Hunger

STATUS: FUNDRAISING
2020 FUNDRAISING GOAL: $15,000

FMFM's team visited Liberia and met with our partners, Humanity Care Liberia, in January 2017 to learn about the challenges facing schoolchildren in the region. Together, we found that the schools in the region are unable to provide meals to the children during the school day - resulting in hungry children, truancy and shorter school days. Humanity Care Liberia is led by a local couple, with degrees in agriculture and experience working with local communities to teach them about sustainable agriculture. They oversee the development of our garden projects working directly with school leadership and ensure sustainability by educating caretakers, students and teachers about farming and crop-growing techniques. 

our role

Feeding Mouths, Filling Minds is raising funds to expand our garden programs to even more schools. This includes covering the cost of getting the plot of land ready for farming, such as:

• Fencing to keep the land secure from scavengers

• Farming tools such as shovels, buckets, rakes, etc.

• Seeds and cassava root yuccas for planting the crop

• Farm upkeep and maintenance costs

Our team will continue to work with Humanity Care Liberia to assess the farming options, and will assure that the school children have a chance to learn about the growing process so that they not only benefit nutritionally, but learn something in the process.