Recent History…
In
1980, Samuel Doe, a Liberian military officer, overran the government
and publicly executed the president. Doe suspended the constitution and
assumed complete dictatorial power over the Liberian people. For more
than twenty years, the people of Liberia saw no end to violence,
government corruption, and civil war. Samuel Doe was replaced by
another dictator, a much more terrifying dictator – Charles Taylor.
Doe
and Taylor fought for power each using whatever means necessary,
including children. Kids were drugged and
brainwashed to see everyone as their enemy – even their own parents.
300,000 Liberians perished in the wars leaving
thousands of children without a mom or a dad, without food or a place
to live.
God’s Kids in Liberia…
With
the democratic election of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia is
seeing its first period of relative peace and hopefulness in 25 years.
God’s Kids is lifting up orphanages that are home to the children who
are broken by the war, disease, and poverty.More than a dozen Liberian orphanages have signed the God’s Kids covenant to join our growing network of homes that agree to work toward our high standards. Today, Liberian children in God’s Kids orphanages are each part of a family headed by a director that teaches them the love and grace of Jesus Christ.
