You did it. You wrote your friends. You posted links. You emailed family members. You chatted with strangers. You danced in the streets. You wrote songs. You told stories. You brought a distant place onto the computer screens of thousands (thousands!) of people. You helped girls get off the street. You put girls in school for a guaranteed three years. You won $25,000 for girls’ education in the CHASE community giving contest.
More Than Me – Abigail’s Story from What Took You So Long? on Vimeo.
Katie and More than Me gained some great press, such as this post from the ONE campaign:
a girl from New Jersey -– Katie Meyler -– met Elizabeth, and founded an organization called More Than Me. Katie moved to Liberia after 14 years of civil war destroyed much of Liberia’s economy, and killed approximately 250,000 people. Many of the orphaned children Katie met had few options, and none of them was a quality education. Since then, More Than Me has grown to support scholarships for more than 100 children in Liberia.
And there were also loads of hilarious, moving, and sincere photos, status updates, and tweets.
We cannot thank you enough. The $25,000 we won from CHASE will fund three more years of schooling for 25 girls.
If you just found out about More than Me in the last few weeks, please stay in touch. We are always looking for more people to get involved and help. For those who remember our first online contest and were up at 3AM messaging people, thanks for the amazing ride and buckle up for more. We still have a lot of work to do. For now, though, we are happy knowing that our girls can continue their education. In a place where most people cannot read or write, three years is a world of difference.
We did it.
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