Child Sponsor Liberia

There are many reasons to sponsor a child in Liberia. Life expectancy in the copuntry is just 64.10 years (2019) and Liberia is in 175th place out of 189 countries and territories in 2019 when ranked in terms of life expectancy, literacy, access to knowledge and the living standards of a country. The country has high levels of childhood malnutrition, with a third of children under 5 stunted and 6% acutely malnourished. Diarrhea and pneumonia, which are leading causes of child death in Liberia, are also closely linked to unsafe drinking water and poor hygiene habits. There are some 1,878,000 children living in Liberia, with an astonishing 100,000 orphaned.

Although there has been progress over recent years, the country is still traumatised by the civil war in which 87% of today's young parents saw a family member killed, 60% had seen other children beaten to death whilst 84% reported that they had experienced being "surrounded by, lying underneath or stepping on" dead bodies. As one girl reminisced "When I close my eyes, all I can see is the war. I often think about taking my own life." Child sponsor programs in Liberia focus on access to safe water, health and education resources as well as caring for orphaned or abandoned children and rehabilitating former child soldiers. You can help when you sponsor a child in Liberia.

Child Sponsor Liberia: The Lighthouse Project

In a shameless bit of self-promotion, read this novel by the African Volunteer Network team about volunteering in Uganda. "Well worth the read especially for those working with non-profits abroad. In fact, it should be required reading."

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Child Sponsor Liberia: SOS Children's Villages

With SOS Children, you can help orphaned and abandoned children when you sponsor a child in Liberia.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Franciscan Works

Sponsor a child at the Liberia Mission and the child who you are sponsoring will write to you twice a year.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Serve the Children

Sponsor with this program and get the opportunity to correspond and exchange small gifts with your child.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: CitiImpact

Your sponsorship of a poor child in Liberia will ensure they can attend
school and be fed.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Rise Liberia

When you sponsor a child with Rise Liberia you can stay with a child for a number of years, usually through the school year during which the child completes High School and you will be the sole sponsor of your child.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Liberia Children

Find out more about children's lives in Liberia in pictures and video together with facts and figures.

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Volunteer in Liberia

As well as sponsoring a child why not explore volunteering opportunities in Liberia?

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Child Sponsor Liberia: Liberia Profile

In another of our African country profiles, find out all about Liberia in a series of information articles, latest daily news, videos, and images together with volunteering and child sponsorship opportunities.

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