How You Can Help


Kids at DesksSchool Uniforms

Our new school in Frank Town has 90 students working through their first year of education (2023-24).  A donation of $20 will clothe a student with their school uniform, and how proud they will be to wear it!

The Faculty House

We desperately need housing for Principle Barwea Toteh not only for convenience but also for security issues on the campus.  Our goal is $15,000, but donations of any amount can buy blocks and building materials,

A Pump for the Well

Through the generosity of the Lake George High School we have been able to drill down 150ft to get a good water on our campus. However, with no electricity within miles of Frank Town, a pump and generator is required. Even better, a solar unit can be installed.  Our goal is $4,000.  Water is life!  Can you help?

New Classrooms

The 90 students, Pre-K through 3rd Grade, are squeezed into the small schoolhouse in the village of Frank Town.  Our campus will need several school buildings, the first of which will house a central assembly area (for school and a new Church) and classrooms.  Our goal will be around $20,000.  Again - every donation helps us along the way!



StudentsCapital Projects:  Can you donate into one of these projects?

The Frank Town Campus

The elementary school in Frank Town is full up with 90 children, the majority of whom are attending school for the first time. Our goal is to begin the development of our 6 acre campus adjoining the village. Two initial projects are…

  1. A Home for Principle & RL Coordinator, Barwea Toteh. For fifteen years, as well as coordinating all the projects of Rise Liberia, Barwea has served as Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent. He and his family have never had a home of their own and their present accommodation floods, every year.  Presently, Barwea stays in one room of a small apartment near Frank Town. Other faculty members live in a second room, together with their children. Then they all travel back to Monrovia for the weekends.

    THE FOUNDATION OF HIS HOME HAS BEGUN: Your gift of any amount will help us see this important first building on the Campus completed. Our Goal = $16,000.  But donations of any amount can buy blocks and other building materials.

  2. Classrooms.  By the start of the 2024-25 School Year, we will need more room for children graduating from 3rd Grade - a level which no child in Frank Town has ever accomplished.  The first and main block of classrooms will take shape as God provides the finance - through the generosity of supporters.  Can you participate?  Our Goal $25,000.  Again, donations of any amount will contribute to the completion of the dreams for un-schooled Frank Town children.



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Student Sponsorship

Right now we are sponsoring 41 students in our Rise Liberia Academy in Duala, Monrovia.  This gives regular support to the entire school.

In Frank Town we are offering sponsorships for each Grade:
Pre Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade.

A Rise Liberia life-changing Sponsorship is a commitment of $35 a month, or $420 annually.

How do I begin?

You have two options.

Option 1

  1. Use Paypal (our preferred method of payment) by filling in the form below.
  2. Choose monthly or yearly donations from the drop down menu, entering the name of the child (by clicking "sponsor now" on the bottom tab of their picture) you would like to sponsor, and then clicking on "CONTINUE TO PAYMENT".
  3. You will then be taken to the Paypal website to complete your sponsorship. A PayPal account is required for recurring payments, but not for one time donations. Just click the link under the login button that says, "No PayPal account? Pay using your credit or debit card" and fill out the form.
  4. Paypal will show Rise Liberia that this is a “child sponsor” donation and provide us with your address so we can send you pictures and letters from your child.

Option 2

  1. You can send an annual donation of $420 or $35 monthly donation by check to Rise Liberia, 685 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804. Please include your email and mailing address.

All donations are tax deductible and 100% of the funds we receive go to caring for your child. If you have any questions please email us using the contact page.

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NOTE: Please add givinghope@riseliberia.org to your safe sender list or address book to ensure you recieve our emails.

Get the facts about sponsorship

When you sponsor a child through Rise Liberia you are not only investing in that child’s young life, you are making a major contribution to a ripple effect.  One Liberian prospering in education and Christian character influences countless people within his/her circle.

Your sponsorship will assure that your child will receive a consistent education, school uniform, school supplies, a teacher, curriculum, and an opportunity to grow, spirit, soul & body, through our Rise Liberia School Strategy.  In other words, they’ll to be prepared to contribute real-world skills to develop themselves and their nation.

You will be that child’s only sponsor, so, by all means, supplement your financial support with prayers, letters, and family photos.  You are becoming a valuable part of that child’s life, so feel free to make your sponsor-child a part of yours.

Sponsorship through Rise Liberia offers you the opportunity of staying with your child all the way through the grades and even into college.  However, we understand that your circumstances can change, so there will be an annual renewal process which allows for flexibility. This will also be the case if the situation of your sponsored child changes. If this happens you will be informed immediately and we hope you will be willing to care for another child.  Be assured, we do not expect to run out of needy Liberian children and your new sponsorship will signify an important part of our ongoing work together.

Sponsorship is not just a case of sending money.  We hope you will take this opportunity to develop a real relationship with your child, so feel free to write letters and send photos of you and your family. However, correspondence must be sent to us at Rise Liberia. Never attempt to send letters or gifts directly.  They will disappear long before arriving at their intended destination.

Will I be the only person sponsoring the child I’m helping?

Yes. You will be the sole sponsor of your child. That’s why your prayers and support will mean so much to your sponsored child. Even if you choose to sponsor a child as a family or a group (for example, a youth group, Sunday school class, or Cell Group), the child you help will still be relating to your family or group as his or her only sponsor.

How long should my child sponsorship last?

Rise Liberia’s child sponsorship offers you the opportunity to stay with a child for a number of years, usually through the school year during which the child completes High School.

If your circumstances change, and you wish to discontinue your sponsorship we ask that you notify us in good time so we can make alternative plans.

If your sponsored child’s circumstances change we will inform you as quickly as possible.  We won’t run out of needy children in Liberia - at least for the foreseeable future - so we’ll be able to quickly transfer your support to another child in need of your help. We are sure you understand that the children with whom we are working live in desperately difficult circumstances. You are joining us in the battle to give them hope through stability. But the realities in which they live bring with them challenges which force change. With your ongoing commitment we will be able to transition your support to another child.

Will I be able to send letters or gifts to my child?

Developing a relationship between you and your sponsored child, beyond the valuable support of your sponsorship, will be very helpful and encouraging. So we suggest that you write letters to your student, send photos of you and your family, and tell them about your life and why you decided to support them. However, because we know the special challenges of life in Africa, it is best that these messages are not sent ‘direct’ - between sponsor and student - nor should contact be made ‘directly’ from the student to you or your home.

Please understand that everyone your student knows and comes in contact with in Liberia is poor and very needy, and we do not want to allow your willingness to participate in this ministry to become an open door for multiple requests for ‘help’.

It is important for sponsors to note that in Liberia, it is culturally acceptable to openly ask for gifts from other people, especially from Westerners who - they truly believe - have an unending supply of money! While that is understandable, it is contrary to our goals in Liberia to create a generation of people dependent on the charity of westerners in order to survive. And be aware that you and your family are probably already ‘available’ for contact through FaceBook and other media, so please walk wisely with us in these matters.

As you already know, our longterm goals can only be achieved when Liberians have the tools needed to provide for themselves and their society. For these reasons, we have instructed the students not to ask for specific gifts from their sponsors. Be assured that all of your sponsored student's basic needs are being met, and at a standard that far exceeds expectations for their area. And, with your help, we will steadily work to provide even more items and opportunities to the students as Rise Liberia continues through the years.

The best way to manage this is for you to send messages via our email contact at givinghope@riseliberia.org. We will print out your message and either send them on in email form to our team in Monrovia, or - if a trip is imminent - we can deliver it by hand. If you'd like to send something handwritten to your student, mail it to Rise Liberia, 685 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804.