Our VISION

FACE Africa believes in the power of connections and collaborations to change lives and eradicate poverty.

Our MISSION

FACE Africa connects and collaborates with individuals and organizations doing life-changing work around the world to raise awareness and help transform impoverished communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone. 

Our goal is to rebuild and improve communities that were impacted during years of civil unrest in Liberia and Sierra Leone by providing access to clean water and sanitation, education and training, health and nutritional programs, and empowering women and girls.

We accomplish our goal by forging partnerships with local communities, partner organizations and government agencies in the countries that we serve to ensure sustainable, long-lasting programs.

Our Approach

At FACE Africa, we do not reinvent the wheel. All over the world are exceptional people and organizations doing life-changing work. What they sometimes need most is additional funding and resources to expand their outreach and scope. Instead of duplicating efforts, FACE Africa works to help these already existing organizations do even more.

Benefits of local partners
• Local partners are better positioned to understand and navigate social, political, and economic issues impacting projects. They have spent years researching the terrain and learning and perfecting the skills of implementing projects. We rely on their experience and knowledge to ensure sustainable, long-lasting programs.

• Local partners have more savvy at leveraging local financial resources for cost-sharing in projects

• It is much more cost effective to engage existing organizations than establishing and maintaining our own staff

What we offer

Our main focus is to raise awareness about the needs of under-served communities and to raise funds to bring life-changing and sustainable programs to address those needs.

In order for us to affect any significant change, community participation is critical, even with excellent partners. For a project to be truly successful, communities must have ownership of the projects we implement. That is why we engage communities at every stage and at every level– from project planning, building, and financing, to ongoing project maintenance.

Our Selection Criteria

Through country visits and conversations with local partners as well as governmental and non-governmental agencies, we identify communities with the most urgent needs and vet potential communities against one of our four program areas. Mainly, our partner organization evaluates the communities and makes recommendations projects that would best serve those communities. There are other factors that we take into consideration when selecting a community:

• Program model not already in the community - absence of a similar program
• Importance, size and urgency of need being addressed
• Demonstrated program outcomes, including social impact and community satisfaction
• Deep, life-changing impact on individuals
• High opportunity for local ownership and adaptation
• Community’s willingness to embrace/support new initiative
• Transferability of core program modules and funding model to community
• Good match with potential donors
• FACE Africa's capacity to support replication/adaptation in Community