Chicago based non-profit dedicated to empowering Liberian youth to break the cycle of poverty with education and faith. Join our work! Franciscan Works is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty for the poorest of poor children in developing countries through education rooted in Gospel values in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.  We develop the individual potential of children living in poverty so that they can live as God intended, making full use of their talents and abilities for the common benefit, in communion with God, nature and all humankind. Liberia Mission, Inc., located in West Africa, is the primary ministry of Franciscan Works.  Liberia Mission is a community of love, learning, work and prayer dedicated to empowering poor, orphaned, and abandoned Liberian youth with faith and education.