- To address the challenge of food insecurity of Africa, a Pan African not-for-profit organisation has launched its “I Lift Africa” project in Liberia.
- The project was launched at the offices of the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding on May 25, 2020 coinciding with African Liberation Day.
To address the challenge of food insecurity of Africa, a Pan African not-for-profit organisation has launched its “I Lift Africa” project in Liberia. The project was launched at the offices of the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding on May 25, 2020 coinciding with African Liberation Day.
Speaking about the project, a representative of the NGO said that the pilot project will lead to the awakening of the entire African continent to the realities of the problem.
I LIFT AFRICA’s Chief Executive officer, Jerry Topoe Boweh announced at the launch that the project is the result of collaboration with philanthropies, individuals, partners, organizations, stakeholders, and governments, on the continent and outside to initiate series of programs to end food poverty crises in the continent.
As part of the initiative, he said that I LIFT Africa plans to secure mass plots of land to build Charity Farms. The food produced on the farms will be used for the most vulnerable and also help the government to provide free school meals in every African country, with a minimum of 10, 000 acres of land. He added that free school meals will encourage learning, advance the potentials of the youth and drive the right energy for a better Africa.
He also disclosed that the organization has developed a series of programs to involve the diaspora communities of African national and directly help the Pan African Diaspora Youth Organization (PADYCO). The PADYCO will launch chains of groceries shops in various diaspora countries that would directly buy products from the African continent, he said.
