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UOF is dedicated to helping vulnerable children and adults break their cycle of poverty through education.

We work to strengthen communities through self empowerment, sustainability practices and economic development.

10/31/2026

In December 2025, we purchased 3,000 kilograms of mixed Liberica and Robusta coffee beans.

This means Universal Outreach Foundation is entering an exciting new chapter: the development of a Liberian coffee industry rooted in quality, local ownership, and long-term economic opportunity.

At the heart of this initiative is a rare and remarkable coffee variety — Liberica — and a pivotal moment where expert guidance will determine the success of everything that follows.

We are inviting a small group of supporters to help us take this critical step forward.

Learn more: https://www.universaloutreachfoundation.org/coffee

10/23/2026

You can't grow rice in Liberia and charge less than you can import it. That one sentence explains a lot of development failures. Small-scale farmers can't compete with import prices at local market scale.

Training people to grow these crops better doesn't change the economics. UOF starts from that constraint. Find products with global demand, no import competition, and a market that rewards quality at the farm level.

The training follows the market. Always.

10/15/2026

A big thank you to Marnie Dansereau and Communitea Café in Canmore!

Their generous $3,000 donation to our Plant the Future campaign will help create lasting economic opportunities for thousands of people in Liberia.

By developing local coconut oil production, we’re helping communities turn an abundant natural resource into sustainable businesses, meaningful employment, and greater economic independence.

With a commitment to organic certification and planting without deforestation, this initiative benefits both people and the environment.

Thank you, Marnie and Communitea Café, for helping us plant the seeds of a more prosperous future!

10/15/2026

30.2% of Liberian households are agricultural.

That is why we invest in programs like beekeeping, coconut oil, and coffee-making -- to support Liberia where the households demand it.

Learn more about our programs here: https://www.universaloutreachfoundation.org/

10/08/2026

Getting coconuts to market in Liberia used to mean absorbing the cost at every stage. Motorbike. Ferry. Car to Monrovia. By the time you arrive, the profit is gone.

The plan now is to process the oil locally, buy directly from plantation owners in the community, and move finished product to Monrovia, and eventually beyond.

17,000 coconut trees planted. A factory that serves as a hub for everyone who grows them. UOF has been working with coconut growers since 2016 to make this viable. What you're seeing in this video is the result of that work, described by the people building it.

09/30/2026

Your donations help us lay infrastructure for Liberia to thrive. More reliable energy turns into better education, which turns into a better economy.

More than 23,000 watts are being generated through UOF solar projects across Liberia. Reliable energy makes schools, community spaces, and local programs more dependable over time.

09/23/2026

For a beekeeper to earn, there has to be a buyer. For a coconut oil producer to profit, there has to be a factory and a market willing to pay. For a business owner to grow, they need capital and the knowledge to use it.

UOF works on both sides. In a single year, 596 beekeepers earned $32,487 from honey production. A new factory in Sasstown created 8 jobs and produced 5,360 litres of coconut oil. 64% of Business Development Program graduates started or scaled a business. The loans program held a 97% repayment rate for the $268,000 loans awarded.

Skills are just the start of the bigger story.

09/18/2026

Liberia has a purple cow: coffee. It's called Liberica, and it carries the country's name in the bean itself.

Liberica makes up less than 2% of global coffee production, and it grows naturally in Liberia's climate, commanding premium prices in specialty markets. UOF is now building the first coffee roastery in the country, bringing in an expert roaster to develop Liberica-specific roast profiles and train local staff to run the process themselves.

We’re bringing the bean home.

09/14/2026

For three years, Famata was out of school.

Her mother works hard selling vegetables from a small table market in Monrovia, earning enough to feed the family and pay the rent, but there was simply nothing left for school fees.

Now, with the help of a Universal Outreach scholarship, Famata has the chance to return to the classroom and keep moving forward.

Her story is a reminder that sometimes a young person does not need a different dream. They just need the opportunity to keep pursuing the one they already have.

Read Famata’s story and learn more about the difference scholarships can make for students in Liberia.

https://www.universaloutreachfoundation.org/post/three-years-away-from-school

09/09/2026

We spent 3 years developing the honey market in Liberia before we trained a single beekeeper.

Traditional economic development programs train farmers first and hope buyers appear.

We spent those years developing Liberia Pure as a guaranteed purchase point before the first beekeeper cohort ever touched a hive. Now, over 6,000 beekeepers are part of Liberia’s economy.

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#601-2108 Argyle Avenue
West Vancouver, BC
V7V1A4

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+16049220495

Website

http://universaloutreachfoundation.org/

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