Introducing: Katie Meyler from More Than Me

Nov 10th, 2011 4:59 PM UTC
By Lauren Pfeifer

In the small West African country of Liberia, one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, there’s a slum called West Point. That’s where 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.

Katie, a photographer, activist and ONE supporter, exemplifies everything that we love about our ONE members: she’s passionate, emotional, creative and persuasive — and a great advocate in the fight against poverty. So, over the next couple of weeks, Katie will be sharing a few of her inspiring stories through an exclusive series of video blog posts. In this first video, which she shares the story of Elizabeth. We hope you watch, are inspired, vote for More Than Me in the Chase Community Giving contest and come back eager for her next story.

TAGS: From Our Partners, More Than Me, Video