About Us
We offer and support educational opportunities, technology, and social services to underserved Liberian communities, especially youth. Like our acronym, BEE (Believe, Educate, Empower), we believe that through solid educational and social services, we can engage and empower a new generation of Liberian boys and girls to go on and excel in any field.
Our Mission and Vision
Our Team
Olivia Sarnor
Founder of the Olivia S. Washington Schools of Liberia
In 2005, Ms. Sarnor traveled to Liberia and realized the extent to which war affected her hometown. She noted the lack of educational efforts and how badly the community suffered as a result. Ms. Sarnor did not bring back horror stories to tell her friends and family in America, but instead asked herself and God what she could do.
That same year, though she was single-handedly supporting her five daughters, Ms. Sarnor started an after school care program with what little means she could spare. That small program has presently blossomed into two different schools that continue to enrich the lives and education of hundreds of underprivileged Liberian children.
Olive Massaquoi
Founder and Executive Director of BEE Liberia
A Liberian immigrant herself and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s nonprofit leadership master degree, Olive Massaquoi established BEE Liberia to support the students attending the Olivia S. Washington Schools of Liberia. These schools were founded by Olive’s mother, Olivia Sarnor, and have been serving the village and city communities of Monrovia for over 12 years.
