Our Guiding Principles

    1. Develop solutions to Liberia’s most critical challenges.

    2. Attract investors to accelerate an Impact Economy in Panta.

  • Utilizing principles of servant leadership and free enterprise proving a new model of nation-building.

  • Panta, Liberia is a global model for sustainable development.

  • Founding story of the Panta Pride Foundation.

    The Panta Pride Foundation, formerly Save More Kids, was established in 2014 to nurture, mentor and educate children who lost their parents during the Liberian Civil War (1989–2003). Our original vision was to rebuild a nation, one child at a time, through the establishment of sustainable social enterprises that would provide innovative solutions to Liberia’s many problems, from unsafe drinking water to food insecurity.

    Established by Quanuquanei A. Karmue and his wife, Wendy, Save More Kids directly supported the Christ Children’s Home, which was founded by Ma Neyor Karmue and her husband Fungbeh to raise, nurture and educate children who lost their families during the Liberian Civil War.

    Since then, the children have grown, and our organization grew along with them. We have continuously focused on larger and more systemic problems, increasing our area of impact while narrowing our focus on Liberia’s most pressing crisis: food insecurity.

Our History

1992: Karmue Family escapes Liberia 3 years after the start of the Liberian Civil War.

2006: Ma Neyor Karmue returns to war-torn Liberia with her husband to adopt 40 orphans, fulfilling a promise made years earlier.

2009: Christ Children's Home (CCH) is established by Neyor and Fungbeh Karmue in Sugar Hill, Gbarnga, Liberia.

2013: Quanuquanei Karmue establishes Save More Kids to support the nourishment and education of those living at CCH.

2014: The International Longshoreman Association donated 45k lbs of rice to SMK to alleviate food shortages related to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa

2015: The Period Project is established as a women's health education and peer support group for young women

December 1990: Karmue Family after crossing into the Ivory Coast.

2021: CCH Students getting ready for school

2023: Construction of the Unity Road

Our History (Continued)

2020: Save More Kids establishes a rice farm in Garmu, Panta District to provide local food security to the village of 7,000 people.

2021: The first Run Liberia Half Marathon is held in the Panta District to support the reconstruction of the region's only road.

2022: The SMK Agricultural Cooperative is established to expand sustainable rice agriculture across the Panta District.

2023: Save More Kids is rebranded as Panta Pride Foundation.

2024: Panta Pride Foundation partners with Collective Impact United to establish mechanisms for food security across Liberia through local food production.

2024: Final steps of the 2nd Run Liberia Half Marathon

2024: Aerial view of farmland outside Garmu

Picture Above: Garmu, Panta, Liberia

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