Liberia Programs and Projects

Hunger

In 2007 the Presbyterian Hunger Program made the following grants:

Concerned Christian Community – Food Crop Development and Empowerment of Poor People and Communities $10,000
Restoring training facilities that had been looted during the war and promoting organic farming.

Sampson Saywon Boah Institute - Agricultural Project for Rice
Production and Animal Husbandry $8,000
Supporting sustainable farming practices with small farmers and formerly displaced populations. 

West Africa Integrated Training Initiative $50,000
Training and small community development activities aimed at alleviating hunger supported by Presbyterian Hunger Program, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Self-Development of People. (Agricultural Missions, Inc.) 

Young Women's Christian Association of Liberia (YWCA) Piggery Project: Sustainably Targeting the Elimination of Hunger $10,000
Establishing a pilot hog farm from which other YWCAs will find pigs for projects to fight hunger.

Self-Development

A joint project with Agricultural Missions, Presbyterian Hunger Program, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Self-Development of People—$50,000
Funds to assist sustainable community development projects in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Both countries have experienced civil war over two decades and as a result experienced tremendous destruction and trauma. Agricultural Missions Inc. will provide training to local community groups in the areas of sustainable agriculture, micro-credit and micro-enterprise development, financial management and advocacy.