Panta Pride Foundation Inc

TO REBUILD A NATION BY INVESTING IN YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

SAVE MORE KIDS, INC. WAS CREATED AS A MEANS FOR REACHING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH VERY LITTLE HOPE FOR THEIR FUTURE. SAVE MORE KIDS SERVES AS AN ALTERNATIVE VOICE FOR CHILDREN SURROUNDED BY UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS. SAVE MORE KIDS ESTABLISHES TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES BY WHICH THERE IS A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR HOPE AND SUCCESS FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO EXTREME CONDITIONS SUCH AS WAR, SEXUAL ABUSE, ABANDONMENT, CHILD LABOR AND POVERTY. WE STRIVE TO REACH CHILDREN BEFORE THEY ARE UNDULY INFLUENCED BY LESS-THAN-FAVORABLE SURROUNDINGS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. DIGGING DEEPER AND FINDING REALISTIC SOLUTIONS! SMK REBUILDS COMMUNITIES BY REINVIGORATING AND INSPIRING ITS PEOPLE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE TRAUMA OF WAR EITHER MAKES DORMANT OR ACTIVATES THE CREATIVITY OF PEOPLE IN POST-CONFLICT COMMUNITIES. OUR PROCESS IS TO MENTOR, PROVIDE FOR, AND EMPOWER THESE PEOPLE TO REACTIVATE THE CREATIVITY NECESSARY TO MAKE IMPACTFUL, SYSTEMIC CHANGE. OUR FOCUS IS THEREFORE ON CHANGING THE MINDSET OF INDIVIDUALS; BECAUSE ONCE THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.OUR PROCESS:AT SMK WE DONT SIMPLY BUILD THINGS, WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING HUMANITY. WE DO THIS WITH OUR INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WAR, HUNGER, AND TRAUMA. WE CAN RELATE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF TRAUMA AND WE KNOW HOW TO BE THE ANECDOTE TO CRISIS SUCH AS THESE. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED, THEIR MINDS BECOME DORMANT. WE USE EXTREME CHALLENGES TO REJUVENATE AND EMPOWER PEOPLES MINDS SO THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. ALL PEOPLE HAVE LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, OUR METHOD BRINGS OUT THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND EXPOSES THEM TO A SOLUTION-BASED MIND SET. WE THRIVE ON BEING IN CRISIS, THE BIGGER THE CATASTROPHE, THE GREATER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE.WE HAVE A 3 PRONGED APPROACH TO FIXING LONG-TERM PROBLEMS IN LIBERIA:1. EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE BY MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE; BEING VISIBLE AND CONNECTED WITH THEIR LIFE.2. MENTOR THEIR HEARTS, CONNECTING THEIR MINDS TO OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE PROBLEMS THAT CONTINUE TO CRIPPLE THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND FUTURE.3. PROVIDE THEM WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED SO THAT THEY WILL BECOME A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS THREATING THEIR COMMUNITIES!SIMPLY PUT, THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE LONG-TERM PROBLEMS IS BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY CAN BECOME MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS AS PART OF THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE.