The At-Risk Youth Department of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in collaboration with Zogos WeCare/Metro Harvest, has officially dedicated a well-furnished Center to transform the disadvantaged youth.
The UMC aims to buttress government fight against the proliferation of illegal drugs.
The center is expected to serve as a turning point and the dawn of a powerful new era of hope and healing for those affected by the usage of illegal drugs.
It will also offer skill training programs in tailoring, baking and computer.
At the ceremony on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Monrovia, the program Executive Director, Reverend Caleb S.G. Dormah, said the Center is more than just a brick and mortar, but a sanctuary of hope, workshop for change, and a home for healing.
“We are standing here today, because of the incredible generosity and shared belief of our partners. We offer our deepest, most heartfelt thanks to the General Board of Global Ministries through the UMC in Liberia, and to the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa,” he said.
Rev. Dormah said the Center is the heartbeat of their share mission where the compassionate work of the Sheela Logan Stargurlz, an Outpatient Rehabilitation, Counselling, and Empowerment Center will restore spirits and reclaim lives.
“Today, we open the doors to the Center for Transformation. On behalf of our entire team, we welcome you with hearts full of joy and gratitude, we welcome you to this extraordinary day. A day that marks not merely the opening of a building, but a place of hope.”
Dormah added: “It is here that our Computer Education Program will equip minds with the skills to build a brighter future. It is within these walls that our offices will hum with purpose, that the high school alumni association will reconnect, and strengthen bonds, and that our parents support group will find solace and shared strength.”
“We gather here as a testament to a simple, powerful truth: no one is beyond redemption, and no dream is beyond reach. Our work is living proof of what God is doing in the lives of our brothers and sisters,” he said.
Rev. Dormah said in a world that can often feel indifferent, God is using their hands and hearts to make a tangible difference in the lives of the underprivileged, to say to the broken “You are seen,” and to the hopeless, “You are loved.”
He said the financial assistance of their partners and sponsors was not just a mere donation, but an act of faith in their community and a catalyst for said transformation, thereby disclosing plans to establish various transformation centers for disadvantage youth across the 15 counties.
According to Rev. Dormah, the young people are their inspiration and proof of concept, as such they work to ensure that the beacon of hope does not shine in one place alone, but becomes a constellation of change across the nation.
“We see the incredible, impactful proof in Tubmanburg, where the T-Beck Stargurlz is doing nothing short of amazing work with At-Risk young women, guiding them toward a future of purpose and power. But friends, our vision does not end at these doors. This Center is not a final destination; it is a powerful beginning. It is the blueprint for what is to come. Our next step is to carry this light into other communities. We will build Center for Transformation throughout the country.”
The guest speaker Madam Brenda Moore, said the launch of Zogos WeCare new office and skills training program, is not just a milestone, but a declaration that recovery is possible; every life is worth rebuilding, and no one is too far to be seen supported and empowered.
Madam Moore is Kids Educational Engagement Project (KEEP) Liberia Executive Director.
She added: “It is an honor to stand before you today as we open the doors to something far deeper than building. We open the door to healing, dignity, and the kind of transformation that begins within oneself.”
According to her, at KEEP-Liberia, they have witnessed the power of second chances, and have seen young people, who were written off, find their rightful path once more through digital literacy, emotional healing and community support.
“We have seen how access to skills training and safe spaces can reunite hope. And today we celebrate Zogos WeCare for creating a space where transformation is not just possible, but a reality, whether through computer training, tailoring, soap making, decoration. These programs offer more than skills and a structure. Purpose and future that is not define by addiction, but resilience.”
Reverend J. Joel Gould, who dedicated the building on behave of Bishop Samuel J. Quire, told the gathering that the challenge of addiction among the young people did not start few years ago, as it has been among us for a very long time.
Gould said the root at which it is going now is very disturbing.
“We established departments for various groups in the church, but Bishop thought it wise that this present experience that we are having with the issue of drugs, and the best thing to do was to establish an At-Risk Youth Ministry, to address the issue facing young people.”
Some of the drugs victims, who testified at the event, gave very sorrowful, but yet, inspiring testimonies of how their lives was transformed from being a drug addict, to ambassadors for the fight against illegal drugs and harmful substances after they encounter Rev. Dormah.
The program was graced by officials from the UMC.