Please join us in supporting Franciscan Works + Liberia Mission, Inc. this #GivingTuesdayNow!  As the entire world responds to COVID-19, supporting and lifting up the world's most vulnerable communities is more important than ever.  Therefore, we humbly and prayerfully ask for your support of Franciscan Works + Liberia Mission, Inc., so that we can continue to serve Liberian children, particularly at a time when the Mission is placed under quarantine in order to provide a safe opportunity for children to shelter-in-place as we weather the storm of this global pandemic.      Background on Franciscan Works:  According to a <a href="https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/10-countries-highest-out-school-rates-40-cent-children-are-not-accessing-basic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UNICEF study released in 2016</a>, Liberia is home to the highest proportion of out-of-school children in the world -- with nearly two-thirds of primary-aged children not accessing school.  Franciscan Works is looking to change Liberia's position on the UNICEF trend line by empowering Liberian youth through faith formation, Catholic education, and life skills training.     More specifically, Franciscan Works is a non-profit organization that funds Liberia Mission in West Africa.  Since 2003, Liberia Mission has been a community of love, learning, work and prayer.  Here, over 500 poor and orphaned children, survivors of Liberia's brutal civil war and Ebola, are learning to become future leaders in their families, communities, and country.  Liberia Mission consists of a secure 10-acre campus and an adjoining 15-acre farm property. The main campus houses St. Anthony of Padua School, St. Michael the Archangel Chapel, separate residence buildings for boys and girls, and accommodations for program managers and American volunteers. Learn more about our students, residential facilities, church, school, piggery and farm at Liberia Mission <a href="https://www.franciscanworks.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. Background on #GivingTuesdayNow:  #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday – as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.  Learn more about #GivingTuesdayNow <a href="https://www.givingtuesday.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a> . <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/47838500_1588597748740102_r.jpeg" alt="47838500_1588597748740102_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/47838500_1588597766657754_r.jpeg" alt="47838500_1588597766657754_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /> <img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/47838500_1588597784588476_r.jpeg" alt="47838500_1588597784588476_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />

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Franciscan Works:  #GivingTuesdayNow

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