About GLC

Growing Liberia's Children (GLC) is a nonprofit, grass-roots organization dedicated to making a difference for the new generation of Liberia’s children. GLC builds and restores schools largely destroyed by war and poverty, supports teachers, and coordinates sister-school sponsorship programs and student scholarships so that Liberia's children can grow and thrive. Please help us change the future of Liberia’s children!

Our Founder

Growing Liberia’s Children was founded in 2008 by Malia E. Harris, a Liberian educator, minister and refugee, and a group of like-minded individuals who want to help the children of Liberia obtain an education. Mrs. Harris fled the civil war in Liberia in 2000 after her family had been detained and tortured.
 
Following the return of peace to Liberia, Mrs. Harris inspired members of the First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California to refurbish a school in Gardnersville, Liberia, which had been bombed several times during the civil war and had fallen into disrepair.
 
Returning to Liberia in 2007 with a forty-foot container full of donated books, furnishings and school supplies, Mrs. Harris and a team of three dedicated San Diegans rebuilt and furnished the school, provided a generator for electricity, and fixed the community’s well. Malia’s team had enough furnishings and supplies to help three other nearby schools.

Vision

Our vision is for all Liberian children to be able to grow and flourish through access to a quality education with a special emphasis on needy children.

Mission

The mission of Growing Liberia’s Children is to recruit people and mobilize resources in the United States and in Liberia to enhance the education and lives of Liberian children. Our focus is basic education and practical training for children and their teachers, with ever-improving quality. We are accomplishing our goals through funding child sponsorships, supplying schools, developing teacher competency, and rebuilding schools.