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Hamilton Star’s Spoken Word Poem for More Than Me
A spoken word piece written by Okieriete Onaodowan. Music by Matthew Santos. Performed by Okieriete Onaodowan and Matthew Santos. We recently had the pleasure of hosting a fundraising event in NYC. Guests gathered together at The Wooly for drinks, amazing bites,...
read morePositive Early Gains Show Kids are Learning at More Than Me Partnership Schools
On September 7th, a team of independent evaluators from the Center for Global Development and Innovations for Poverty Action released a midline report on the impact of Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL) as part of a three-year Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of the...
read moreGet To Know: Cynthia
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! My name is Cynthia Gwame, I was born in Gbanga, attended university and joined More Than Me during Ebola where I was on the field as a...
read moreGet To Know: Chris
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! My name is Christopher Johns from District 8, Monsterrado County. I am a graduate of Christian High School in Sinkor and I received my...
read moreGet To Know: Eric
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! I am a native of Upstate New York, where I have spent most of my life. I studied Chemistry at Colgate University, but was involved in...
read moreGet To Know: Audrey
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! Education affects the lives of everyone. This was rooted from my childhood. I grew up knowing my mother as a classroom teacher and...
read moreWay Back When: The Origin of More Than Me
Erica Noelle Duncan is a business consultant and coach who supports entrepreneurs in successfully starting or growing their businesses. Fun fact: Erica helped create More Than Me! She suggested that Katie start an NGO and contributed in so many other huge ways without...
read moreGet To Know: Teddy
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! I come from a long line of educators. My grandfather was a high school principal. My father was a sociologist and a demographer who...
read moreGet To Know: Tayler
Get To Know is an introductory series on our blog where you can familiarise yourself with our staff and their work at More Than Me! Tayler is a Chicago-native, graduated with undergraduate degrees from Spelman College and a Masters in the Social Anthropology of...
read moreBecause She Matters
On November 13, 2016 the More Than Me team was notified of an anonymous campaign being distributed over WhatsApp, targeting the organization and attempting to disparage Katie Meyler, More Than Me’s founder and CEO. The message, which originated from an unknown source,...
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On Being a Global Citizen
Interview with Global Citizen: "More Than Me: one woman's mission to empower girls in Liberia" How do you find your life's purpose? Often times, it happens unexpectedly. In a recent interview with Global Citizen, Katie shared how she found hers. Check it out above or...
read moreStay Uncomfortable
This is our first in a series of #MTMdonorstories. At twenty seven years old, Grace Baker is a powerhouse. To give you a better picture, her 2015 life motto was “Go for it,” and this year, it’s “Stay uncomfortable.” Grace thrives best when she’s being challenged, both...
read moreLooking Forward From Davos
by Lindsay Randall The past couple of days in Monrovia, Liberia, where More Than Me (MTM) runs the tuition-free More Than Me Academy (MTMA) for over 150 girls from the West Point slum and central Monrovia were characteristically warm for the coastal West African city...
read moreHow To Use Your Human Rights For Good
It all started with a girl. At 11 years old, she was selling herself for clean drinking water when all she really wanted was to go to school. More Than Me was founded to meet her needs. We opened a school, the MTM Academy, for 150 girls and saw major progress. Then...
read moreLife-Altering Treatment For Patience
You may remember Patience from last year when we blogged about her story. Since April, Patience has been in the U.S. receiving medical treatment for her epilepsy and the severe burns she received after having an epileptic seizure while cooking in West Point. The...
read moreThe Select Committee of the board of More Than Me has shared
safeguarding updates and actions with Minister Sonii, Minister of education. https://t.co/JqJWRsNyml https://t.co/M19Mx4NYAQ
Important Safeguarding Messages from our Board Select Committee and Liberian Advisory Board.
https://t.co/USBZqH16nf
#Repost @roicommunity shares some of Katie’s slam poetry! We have so much more to do! We need… https://t.co/gWe88M6ez6
Parent Teacher Meeting trainings run by our Parent Engagement Officer, Krubo.
“Ongoing research… https://t.co/rgQkddoPyj
2017 was a huge year for us, thanks for doing your part! Our goal is to get 10 more schools… https://t.co/DbQuaAad2R
