About Organization

YONER Liberia is the Official Pitch Site Partner of the Global Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs and the US Department of State’s Official innovation Hub in Liberia. YONER Liberia an 11-year old social enterprise nonprofit in Paynesville, Liberia. YONER Liberia’s mission is to undertake actions that nurture and build honest and able leaders to become self-reliant and agents of positive change within their communities.  Since 2008, YONER Liberia has designed and implemented several initiatives through its two Flagship Programs – “Giving Back to our Community Action Initiative” and “Entrepreneurship Education Initiative.” Together, these projects have empowered over 50,000 youth and children affected by Liberia’s civil war. Over the last three years, the organization recruited, trained, and supported more than 5,000 high school and university students in five counties to learn and apply science, social entrepreneurship skills, and technology to their lives and to solve problems.